Halifax2TheMax said:

Brilliant stable genius of brilliance. “Send me a bill and I’ll sign it.”

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/11/politics/daca-deal-obstacles-flake-white-house/index.html

JC29856 said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

Ah, the benevolence of wal mart, where full time employees earn about $28K a year, if you’re a full timer, on average. And that $1,000 bonus? You’re only eligible for the $1K if you have 20 years of service. Imagine working at wal mart for 20 years. What percentage of employees last that long? $50 a year for each year of service. Less than a dollar a week. How will they spend it all?

Some trivia before I leave?? What famous politician was once a WalMart board member?

Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries in Oval Office meeting

President Trump leads a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room at the White House Thursday. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they floated restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal, according to two people briefed on the meeting.

“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump said, according to these people, referring to African countries and Haiti. He then suggested that the United States should instead bring more people from countries like Norway, whose prime minister he met yesterday.

The comments left lawmakers taken aback, according to people familiar with their reactions. Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) proposed cutting the visa lottery program by 50 percent and then prioritizing countries already in the system, a White House official said.

A White House spokesman declined to offer an immediate comment on Trump’s remarks.

Outlining a potential bipartisan deal, the lawmakers discussed restoring protections for countries that have been removed from the temporary protected status program while adding $1.5 billion for a border wall and making changes to the visa lottery system.

The administration announced earlier this week that it was removing the protection for El Salvador.

Trump had seemed amenable to a deal earlier in the day during phone calls, aides said, but shifted his position in the meeting and did not seem interested.

Graham and Durbin thought they would be meeting with Trump alone and were surprised to find immigration hard-liners such as Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), at the meeting. The meeting was impromptu and came after phone calls this morning, Capitol Hill aides said.

After the meeting, Marc Short, Trump’s legislative aide, said the White House was nowhere near a bipartisan deal on immigration.

“We still think we can get there,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at the White House press briefing.

PJ_Soul said:

This isn't a new opinion. I know lots of people who think this. I mean, really what he is trying to say but is too crazy and gross and rude and ridiculous to verbalize it in any other way, is more "why are we letting in so many people from countries with cultures and social and political circumstances that aren't very compatible with America's, since this means the people coming from those places don't integrate well in America." Now, we can all assume that this is race-based if we want. I don't know if I would, but you never know. Well....... I consider that a somewhat valid question. Not a very fucking generous or open-minded or multicultural one - it doesn't exactly match up with the whole melting pot ideal - but it's at least valid and perhaps worth discussing. Thoughts?

Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries in Oval Office meeting

President Trump leads a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room at the White House Thursday. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

By Josh Dawsey January 11 at 4:37 PM

President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they floated restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal, according to two people briefed on the meeting.

“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump said, according to these people, referring to African countries and Haiti. He then suggested that the United States should instead bring more people from countries like Norway, whose prime minister he met yesterday.

The comments left lawmakers taken aback, according to people familiar with their reactions. Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) proposed cutting the visa lottery program by 50 percent and then prioritizing countries already in the system, a White House official said.

A White House spokesman declined to offer an immediate comment on Trump’s remarks.

Outlining a potential bipartisan deal, the lawmakers discussed restoring protections for countries that have been removed from the temporary protected status program while adding $1.5 billion for a border wall and making changes to the visa lottery system.

The administration announced earlier this week that it was removing the protection for El Salvador.

Trump had seemed amenable to a deal earlier in the day during phone calls, aides said, but shifted his position in the meeting and did not seem interested.

Graham and Durbin thought they would be meeting with Trump alone and were surprised to find immigration hard-liners such as Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), at the meeting. The meeting was impromptu and came after phone calls this morning, Capitol Hill aides said.

After the meeting, Marc Short, Trump’s legislative aide, said the White House was nowhere near a bipartisan deal on immigration.

“We still think we can get there,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at the White House press briefing.

Halifax2TheMax said:

PJ_Soul said:

This isn't a new opinion. I know lots of people who think this. I mean, really what he is trying to say but is too crazy and gross and rude and ridiculous to verbalize it in any other way, is more "why are we letting in so many people from countries with cultures and social and political circumstances that aren't very compatible with America's, since this means the people coming from those places don't integrate well in America." Now, we can all assume that this is race-based if we want. I don't know if I would, but you never know. Well....... I consider that a somewhat valid question. Not a very fucking generous or open-minded or multicultural one - it doesn't exactly match up with the whole melting pot ideal - but it's at least valid and perhaps worth discussing. Thoughts?

Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries in Oval Office meeting

President Trump leads a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room at the White House Thursday. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

By Josh Dawsey January 11 at 4:37 PM

President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they floated restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal, according to two people briefed on the meeting.

“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump said, according to these people, referring to African countries and Haiti. He then suggested that the United States should instead bring more people from countries like Norway, whose prime minister he met yesterday.

The comments left lawmakers taken aback, according to people familiar with their reactions. Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) proposed cutting the visa lottery program by 50 percent and then prioritizing countries already in the system, a White House official said.

A White House spokesman declined to offer an immediate comment on Trump’s remarks.

Outlining a potential bipartisan deal, the lawmakers discussed restoring protections for countries that have been removed from the temporary protected status program while adding $1.5 billion for a border wall and making changes to the visa lottery system.

The administration announced earlier this week that it was removing the protection for El Salvador.

Trump had seemed amenable to a deal earlier in the day during phone calls, aides said, but shifted his position in the meeting and did not seem interested.

Graham and Durbin thought they would be meeting with Trump alone and were surprised to find immigration hard-liners such as Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), at the meeting. The meeting was impromptu and came after phone calls this morning, Capitol Hill aides said.

After the meeting, Marc Short, Trump’s legislative aide, said the White House was nowhere near a bipartisan deal on immigration.

“We still think we can get there,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at the White House press briefing.

Because life in Norway is so, so very terrible that the great unwashed Norwegian masses are yearning to be free and live in freedom and democracy and risk their lives crossing the oceans and any land masses, via unscrupulous smugglers, to get to our shores and beg for citizenship. They'd even willingly take low paying, menial jobs just to have a shot at becoming an American. Why, if Team Trump Treason opened our borders, Norway would be a vacant, cold, dark, wasteland, overrun with reindeer.

But to answer your question, Team Trump Treason is a racist fuck.

HughFreakingDillon said:

"according to people familiar with their reactions". and we wonder why people believe the term "fake news". 

Halifax2TheMax said:

PJ_Soul said:

Halifax2TheMax said:

PJ_Soul said:

This isn't a new opinion. I know lots of people who think this. I mean, really what he is trying to say but is too crazy and gross and rude and ridiculous to verbalize it in any other way, is more "why are we letting in so many people from countries with cultures and social and political circumstances that aren't very compatible with America's, since this means the people coming from those places don't integrate well in America." Now, we can all assume that this is race-based if we want. I don't know if I would, but you never know. Well....... I consider that a somewhat valid question. Not a very fucking generous or open-minded or multicultural one - it doesn't exactly match up with the whole melting pot ideal - but it's at least valid and perhaps worth discussing. Thoughts?

Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries in Oval Office meeting

President Trump leads a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room at the White House Thursday. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

By Josh Dawsey January 11 at 4:37 PM

President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they floated restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal, according to two people briefed on the meeting.

“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?” Trump said, according to these people, referring to African countries and Haiti. He then suggested that the United States should instead bring more people from countries like Norway, whose prime minister he met yesterday.

The comments left lawmakers taken aback, according to people familiar with their reactions. Sens. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) proposed cutting the visa lottery program by 50 percent and then prioritizing countries already in the system, a White House official said.

A White House spokesman declined to offer an immediate comment on Trump’s remarks.

Outlining a potential bipartisan deal, the lawmakers discussed restoring protections for countries that have been removed from the temporary protected status program while adding $1.5 billion for a border wall and making changes to the visa lottery system.

The administration announced earlier this week that it was removing the protection for El Salvador.

Trump had seemed amenable to a deal earlier in the day during phone calls, aides said, but shifted his position in the meeting and did not seem interested.

Graham and Durbin thought they would be meeting with Trump alone and were surprised to find immigration hard-liners such as Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), at the meeting. The meeting was impromptu and came after phone calls this morning, Capitol Hill aides said.

After the meeting, Marc Short, Trump’s legislative aide, said the White House was nowhere near a bipartisan deal on immigration.

“We still think we can get there,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at the White House press briefing.

Because life in Norway is so, so very terrible that the great unwashed Norwegian masses are yearning to be free and live in freedom and democracy and risk their lives crossing the oceans and any land masses, via unscrupulous smugglers, to get to our shores and beg for citizenship. They'd even willingly take low paying, menial jobs just to have a shot at becoming an American. Why, if Team Trump Treason opened our borders, Norway would be a vacant, cold, dark, wasteland, overrun with reindeer.

But to answer your question, Team Trump Treason is a racist fuck.

Lol, well right. I know Team Trump is racist as fuck, I'm just not clear on whether or not that's a factor in this context. I mean, if Norway was still Norway, all other things being equal, but Norwegians were black or brown, would that make a difference in Trump's mind? I have no idea.... How does Trump feel about Japanese folks immigrating to the US? Probably fine. I think in this case he really might be thinking about the nature of the culture/economic situation/sociopolitical factors and not about race. But yeah, of course, America has always had open arms for those who are seeking a BETTER life, to escape persecution, poverty, etc. Nobody from Norway is seeking that. It's a fucking stupid, idiotic premise, if not racist.

Or it was the last Prime Minister he happened to speak with. Maybe if it was Baby Doc Duvalier or Idi Amin Dada or Robert Mugabe, he'd be calling Norway a shithole?