Twitter users have pointed out the irony of Donald Trump lamenting immigration from “s***hole countries” while wishing that the US had “more people from places like Norway”: Why would Norwegians immigrate to the United States?
The US President reportedly expressed his displeasure with the influx of immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and some African countries during a meeting with high-ranking senators at the White House on Thursday, adding that he wished more people from Scandinavia would leave their homeland to pursue the fabled American Dream.
However, Twitter users were highly suspicious of Trump’s line of reasoning.
“Why would people from Norway want to immigrate here? They have actual health care, and longer life expectancy,” Stephen King wrote on Twitter. Plenty of "blue checkmarks" appeared to share the author’s sentiments, pointing out that Norwegians enjoy free healthcare and education, and were even declared the happiest people on earth in 2017.
However, Trump’s comment did provide an excellent opportunity for people to brush up on their Norwegian vocabulary.
The US president apparently denied making the reported “s***hole countries” remark later on Twitter. “The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used,” Trump wrote. “What was really tough was the outlandish proposal made - a big setback for DACA!”