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Ex-president avoided past ‘shithole countries’ racist invective, but said the US hadn’t gotten enough immigrants from ‘nice countries’

Donald Trump bemoaned a lack of immigrants to the US from “nice” countries “like Denmark [or] Switzerland”, offering millionaire donors at a Florida fundraiser a reprise of infamous racist Oval Office remarks about people coming to America from “shithole countries”.

Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee for president again, despite facing 88 criminal charges and multimillion-dollar civil penalties for tax fraud and defamation, the latter arising from a rape allegation a judge called “substantially true”.

According to the New York Times, which cited an unnamed attendee at the Saturday event in Palm Beach, Trump told his audience: “These are people coming in from prisons and jails. They’re coming in from just unbelievable places and countries, countries that are a disaster.

“And when I said, you know, ‘Why can’t we allow people to come in from nice countries,’ I’m trying to be nice. Nice countries, you know like Denmark, Switzerland? Do we have any people coming in from Denmark? How about Switzerland? How about Norway?”

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[-] frickineh@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago

Uh, on that note, anyone from any nice countries want to get married to an American? Doesn't have to be majority white, but must have healthcare and like, trains? I like trains and going to the doctor.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

I would also like to offer this arrangement!

[-] Treczoks@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

My brother-in-law and his wife made the reverse thing. He went to the US as a student (IIRC), met his future wife, they came back here, and now she is happy to be a German citizen.

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Do you like Canada? And middle aged women? We kind of have trains but it's nothing to write home about.

[-] frickineh@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I've never been but I've heard good things about most of it. And I'm a middle aged woman, so sure!

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Omigod we're perfect for each other.

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 8 months ago

I'm not even fully divorced yet, give me a break

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