Trump makes unsubtle call for immigration from 'nice' countries

[LetMyPeopleVote]

There was nothing subtle about Donald Trump's use of the word “nice,” followed by his reference to countries with overwhelmingly white populations.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-makes-unsubtle-call-immigration-nice-countries-rcna146865

A Washington Post analysis noted at the time, “That argument — that immigration changes existing ‘culture’ for the worse — is a staple of white nationalist rhetoric in the United States.”

As Trump eyes a possible return to the White House, his perspective doesn’t appear to have changed at all. The New York Times reported:

Former President Donald J. Trump, speaking at a multimillion-dollar fund-raiser on Saturday night, lamented that people were not immigrating to the United States from “nice” countries “like Denmark.”

.....Let’s just go ahead and state the obvious: There was nothing subtle about the Republican’s use of the word “nice,” followed by his reference to countries with overwhelmingly white populations. Trump’s history of racism is not new, though it’s a record that continues to grow.

I’m also reminded of an incident from eight years ago. Toward the end of the 2016 campaign, Trump, desperate to win Florida, traveled to Miami and spent some time at the Little Haiti Cultural Center, stressing the “common values” he shared with Haitian Americans. “Whether you vote for me or not,” the then-candidate said at the time, “I really want to be your biggest champion.”

Call me cynical, but I’m starting to think the rhetoric he used at the time wasn’t entirely on the level.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Ahhh, the human cesspool speaks out. And as bigoted as usual. Too bad we can't kick out of this

Country people like tRUMP, who are the undesirables. My only consolation is that one day, he'll be gone, and we don't have to listen to this nonstop human garage disposal ranting and raving all of the time.

[louslobbs]

2. And how do they spell "nice" in MAGA/Q world?

The MAGA CULT spells “nice” with the letters W*H*I*T*E……nice=white.

[Aristus]

3. Why would anyone from Denmark want to emigrate to the U.S.?

Denmark is a paradise compared to the U.S. Consistently rated one of the happiest countries in the world, by almost any measure.

[tanyev]

4. Nice and white, amirite?

[XanaDUer2]

5. Like someone from Denmark

Would want to come here to this violent hellhole

[Cha]

6. What.. Fucking Russia, Saudi Arabia,, Hungary, North korea?

[Hekate]

7. And why would they want to come here, Donald?