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In response to the Afghan national attacking National guard troops in DC Trump promised to "permanently pause" immigration from all Third world countries in a Truth Social post. That sounded too good to be true and it was.
Trump is actually pausing immigration from only 19 countries, which are Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan, and Venezuela.
Meanwhile the top sources of 3rd world immigration are Mexico, India, Philippines, El Salvador, Vietnam, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Colombia. The only place where those two lists overlap is Cuba.
Third world is a loaded term after the end of the cold war, but these countries are a far cry from the absolute shithole failed states in thr first list. I would call them developing countries and not shitholes.
Anyways I would rather take 10 million vietnamese immigrants than a single somalian or haitian. Of course having none is better but there's a huge difference. Have you ever heard of a viet doing the shit that somalians do?
In that case Iran and Turkmenistan aren't shitholes either.
Meanwhile India is covered in garbage and is top biggest source of scam phone calls, it's like the quintessential low trust society.
Iran is controlled by an implacable enemy regime and has millions of fanatical Muslims amongst its population.
That’s more than enough justification to cut them off. Vetting these people isn’t worth the headache.
Why are Americans supposed to be obligated to import people that aren’t wanted here at all?
I’m quite certain if you asked your average American if they wanted a family from Iran to move next door to them the vast majority would say no.
The American people, the voting public, own America and don’t have to justify who they want here or don’t want here to anyone except to other Americans.
I will be forever grateful for the Trump administration and the dissident right for moving the Overton window on this, it’s absolutely absurd.
Would they prefer Pakistanis, Bangladeshis or folks from most of Africa not listed in the ban to move next door to Iranians moving in? My point in OP was that Trump is underdelivering on what he said he will do.
“The Perfect is the Enemy of The Good” continues to be evergreen, one of the greatest aphorisms ever penned.
“Always Chimp / Trust the Plan.” Is probably top ten political memes of the year for a similar reason; small victories make larger victories easier. Yet the large victories are essential to preserve the American nation. Nothing wins like winning, when I see the Trump administration “just doing things” I’m happy, but not content. An important distinction.
Constructive criticism - that's a lot of cliches and Yarvinisms per line, wow.
Maybe it’s a testament to how influential he is but I only see one.
I’m curious, how many do you see?
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