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G_j

(40,366 posts)
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 05:06 PM Sep 2019

Trump says Bahamas full of 'very bad gang members' as he doubles down on

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bahamas-hurricane-dorian-refugees-press-conference-today-a9098391.html

Trump says Bahamas full of 'very bad gang members' as he doubles down on not letting Hurricane Dorian refugees in to US

Donald Trump has claimed the Bahamas is full of "very bad gang members", as he defended a decision not to let survivors of Hurriane Dorian enter the US.



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Trump says Bahamas full of 'very bad gang members' as he doubles down on (Original Post) G_j Sep 2019 OP
Saw this disgusting statement from our Racist-in-Chief. Hoyt Sep 2019 #1
Two possibilities...he's crazy or he wants to lose. Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #14
overt racism is part of his reelection strategy. Kurt V. Sep 2019 #51
Bahamians are mostly brown skin people, Trump of course is going to try to make things worse for em uponit7771 Sep 2019 #2
They are brown skinned people. redstatebluegirl Sep 2019 #3
There are all shades of people in the south of France too jberryhill Sep 2019 #6
Nah, would have to be north of France BBG Sep 2019 #8
Nope, has to be Norway. IronLionZion Sep 2019 #25
Not necessarily. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #57
Yet, it's "OKAY" and "Wonderful" to ... LenaBaby61 Sep 2019 #4
Just saw that on MSNBC demmiblue Sep 2019 #5
That's why it was a popular destination place. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2019 #7
A terrible tragedy has happened in the Bahamas; the death toll will probably be The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #9
A lot Bahamians bdamomma Sep 2019 #43
The Bahamas are part of the British Commonwealth. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #10
I just saw this on the news and laughed out loud BigmanPigman Sep 2019 #11
It was just a matter of time until Chump's Bahamas bashing began. Totally Tunsie Sep 2019 #12
yep G_j Sep 2019 #18
Is that why actor Sean Connery lives there.. HipChick Sep 2019 #13
The place currently full of BlueMTexpat Sep 2019 #15
Good Grief! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2019 #16
Well, HELL, so's the f*cking WHITE HOUSE, you ASSHOLE!! lastlib Sep 2019 #17
How is he not racist again? Initech Sep 2019 #19
trumps translation: "they have brown people" mysteryowl Sep 2019 #20
Odds are that once upon a time, the Bahamians told Trump. . . DinahMoeHum Sep 2019 #21
That is correct bdamomma Sep 2019 #37
that was my first thought as well.. 912gdm Sep 2019 #44
+1 uponit7771 Sep 2019 #58
Jesus christ... I was hoping this was just some poor decision making by a bureaucrat Sapient Donkey Sep 2019 #22
And the rw "christian" phonies nod in agreement C_U_L8R Sep 2019 #23
Accusation is Projection is Confession bucolic_frolic Sep 2019 #24
And repukes wonder why they're Alpeduez21 Sep 2019 #26
Russian mafia for the win. Baitball Blogger Sep 2019 #27
"Very bad" BlueStater Sep 2019 #28
Methinks he dost PROJECT too much Fritz Walter Sep 2019 #29
Yep. salin Sep 2019 #30
"If they were refugees from a disaster in Russia, he'd open the borders to any/all of them." LenaBaby61 Sep 2019 #32
And don't forget the "nasty" people left-of-center2012 Sep 2019 #31
Our treatment of these people makes me want to vomit. PatrickforO Sep 2019 #33
Trump is a very bad gang member. It's always projection with these fkers. Always. OMGWTF Sep 2019 #34
But nothing like the thugs in the White House. marble falls Sep 2019 #35
That fucking ass hole bdamomma Sep 2019 #36
His limited vocabulary is wearing this Sister out! madashelltoo Sep 2019 #38
These people have just suffered horrible death and destruction from hurricane Dorian and smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #39
Just part of the Trump Administration's Shock Doctrine ... Auggie Sep 2019 #40
God, what an asshat! cate94 Sep 2019 #41
regardless of what the orange hitler says or does, if we, as a nation, don't help people yaesu Sep 2019 #42
SAD day for America! This piece of shit is so heartless! bluestarone Sep 2019 #45
I have the feeling if TRUMP ever found himself in a dark alley yuiyoshida Sep 2019 #46
Right now, he probably doesn't even think of this Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2019 #48
He will probably boast he has the yuiyoshida Sep 2019 #49
+1 Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2019 #54
What? Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2019 #47
Every day brings a new low njhoneybadger Sep 2019 #50
They have ceased to care about public opinion. We're in the danger zone for Mussolini-wanna-be Evolve Dammit Sep 2019 #52
Same old bullshit The Wizard Sep 2019 #53
His racism shines through once again. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2019 #55
he's going to win 1% of the black vote. Demovictory9 Sep 2019 #56
Says the gang leader Blue Owl Sep 2019 #59
Without providing evidence to back his claim (of course) Keg Stand Sep 2019 #60
There is no bottom to his cruelty. dalton99a Sep 2019 #61
No surprise: Bahamas are 85% people of color. NCLefty Sep 2019 #62
Inhuman. Kid Berwyn Sep 2019 #63
More blood on this MF's hands....and his party backs him 1000% spanone Sep 2019 #64

BBG

(2,530 posts)
8. Nah, would have to be north of France
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 05:17 PM
Sep 2019

Ain’t no shithole countries in the northern latitudes.

/sarcasm

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
4. Yet, it's "OKAY" and "Wonderful" to ...
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 05:10 PM
Sep 2019

Host the Taliban not far away from the White House?

He's such a racist piece of shitty filth.

I don't have to wish it, he will get his.

demmiblue

(36,835 posts)
5. Just saw that on MSNBC
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 05:12 PM
Sep 2019

FUCKING GODDAMN ASSHOLE.

I am so ashamed by our pResident.

I hope the world can forgive us someday. FUCK!

OAITW r.2.0

(24,398 posts)
7. That's why it was a popular destination place.
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 05:16 PM
Sep 2019

People like vacationing on an island full of gangsters.

I guess we know what the theme will be for the rally tonight. Gas Lighter in Chief.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,659 posts)
9. A terrible tragedy has happened in the Bahamas; the death toll will probably be
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 05:18 PM
Sep 2019

in the hundreds or even thousands, and he won't allow refugees into the US even though the islands are only 50 miles away, and the excuse, as with the refugees at the Mexican border, is that they are "very bad gang members"??!?

We all know what the real reason is.

Gotta wonder what would happen if a hurricane hit, for example, Iceland...

bdamomma

(63,819 posts)
43. A lot Bahamians
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 07:38 PM
Sep 2019

have family in the states esp. Florida, tRump is racist and doesn't know shit. Bermudians stepped up this past weekend and we donated 2000 tons of goods.

I hate this fucking jerk, may be if he believed in preventing climate change people wouldn't be forced out of their countries plural, wars included too.

BigmanPigman

(51,582 posts)
11. I just saw this on the news and laughed out loud
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 05:37 PM
Sep 2019

since it is so ludicrous. He is so fucking insane and sadistic.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
12. It was just a matter of time until Chump's Bahamas bashing began.
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 05:44 PM
Sep 2019

I've actually been waiting for it, and surprised it hadn't surfaced sooner. Frankly, from Day 1 thought there would be comments such as "Well, at least the Bahamas aren't our problem", or "If Britain had aided Puerto Rico, maybe I'd be more open to welcoming the Bahamians".

I thought about posting about this earlier, but decided against it due to the idea of posting about a non-event. He never disappoints though...always the asshole. Of course he has to shove his bulbous weight around to make any bad situation even worse.

Day #962.

BlueMTexpat

(15,366 posts)
15. The place currently full of
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 05:51 PM
Sep 2019

"very bad gang members" is the WH in Washington. DC.

POS continues to be a POS.

DinahMoeHum

(21,783 posts)
21. Odds are that once upon a time, the Bahamians told Trump. . .
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 06:02 PM
Sep 2019

. . .to fuck off when he wanted to build a golf course/country club there.

Hence his nasty-ass attitude toward them.



912gdm

(959 posts)
44. that was my first thought as well..
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 07:46 PM
Sep 2019

I actually googled to see if there was a news story... didn't find one

Sapient Donkey

(1,568 posts)
22. Jesus christ... I was hoping this was just some poor decision making by a bureaucrat
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 06:03 PM
Sep 2019

I wanna say I cannot believe this was like a conscious decision a group of people made, but it's really kinda of expected these days...

C_U_L8R

(44,996 posts)
23. And the rw "christian" phonies nod in agreement
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 06:03 PM
Sep 2019

These republican shits really disgust me. Jesus would puke on their feet.

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
29. Methinks he dost PROJECT too much
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 06:19 PM
Sep 2019

If they were refugees from a disaster in Russia, he’d open the borders to any/all of them.
No questions.
No credentials (“your (visa) papers, please!”).
No limits.
They’d all have first-class accommodations at — wait for it — Mar-a-Lago, Doral, and any other of demented donnie’s shadily-funded resorts.
Because they’d be white, but more importantly, they’d be connected to Daddy Vladdy or any of his oligarchs.

salin

(48,955 posts)
30. Yep.
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 06:39 PM
Sep 2019
https://www.france24.com/en/20190125-rich-russians-flock-florida-deliver-american-babies

(excerpt) Sunny Isles Beach (United States) (AFP)

In southern Florida's Sunny Isles Beach, Russian tourists Anna and Helen sip coffee with their husbands and newborn babies: a common scene in what has become a prized destination for well-off foreigners looking to secure US citizenship for their children.

Under the shadow of luxury skyscrapers -- among them Trump Towers -- exists an army of well-dressed women, either pregnant or pushing top-of-the-line strollers. Most are Russian or from former Soviet Union countries.



Article is from January 2019.

Yes, Russians are treated much more differently - and much more directly from Fat Nixon.

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
32. "If they were refugees from a disaster in Russia, he'd open the borders to any/all of them."
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 06:57 PM
Sep 2019

And especially wealthy Russians.

Wealthy Russians are renting President Trump’s condos in Florida so that they can give birth to children with American citizenship. One “birth-tourism” company offers an $84,700 package.

http://53eig.ht/2tBgh36

PatrickforO

(14,569 posts)
33. Our treatment of these people makes me want to vomit.
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 07:08 PM
Sep 2019

We'd better roll over these jerks at the polls, so totally that they are driven back under their slimy rocks. If Trump wins in 2020, this won't be a republic any more, and democracy here will be dead.

bdamomma

(63,819 posts)
36. That fucking ass hole
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 07:28 PM
Sep 2019

I hate him would he say the same thing about Bermudians??? We are the 3rd highest country per capita.

He can STFU POS. The Bahamas is not a poor ass country. https://tradingeconomics.com/bahamas/gdp-per-capita

https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/profiles/Bermuda/Economy


He is showing his racist colours. He can fuck off.

madashelltoo

(1,696 posts)
38. His limited vocabulary is wearing this Sister out!
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 07:33 PM
Sep 2019

Black and brown people = “Very bad gang members”
Women = “Nasty”
Please. How much longer? His presidency is more excruciating than 72 hours of intense child labor. You lose your mind and start screaming, “Cut me, kill me! Just make it stop!”

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
39. These people have just suffered horrible death and destruction from hurricane Dorian and
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 07:34 PM
Sep 2019

this is all he has to say about them? What a sick, evil, racist fuck!

There is no bottom for him. He just keeps digging.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
42. regardless of what the orange hitler says or does, if we, as a nation, don't help people
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 07:38 PM
Sep 2019

in need we are all going to pay, bad, very bad karma coming our way.

bluestarone

(16,894 posts)
45. SAD day for America! This piece of shit is so heartless!
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 07:47 PM
Sep 2019

tRUMPS whole party (and base) is the biggest set of RUSSIAN GANG MEMBERS!! Edit to add i bet NO RETHUG contradicts this asshole!

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
46. I have the feeling if TRUMP ever found himself in a dark alley
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 07:47 PM
Sep 2019

And was surrounded by 20 NFL players...in casual clothing,, he would wet his pants.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,402 posts)
48. Right now, he probably doesn't even think of this
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 07:51 PM
Sep 2019

Right now, he's "The Man" with all the power in the world- so it's easy for him to pick on everybody else.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
49. He will probably boast he has the
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 07:56 PM
Sep 2019

Biggest dick in the world... Not so fast TINY... WE have a reliable witness!

The Wizard

(12,541 posts)
53. Same old bullshit
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 08:09 PM
Sep 2019

His fallback position is fear mongering about gangs and drug dealers. It's time for him to shut the fuck up. He's a political vomit bag.

Keg Stand

(64 posts)
60. Without providing evidence to back his claim (of course)
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 12:45 AM
Sep 2019

Last edited Tue Sep 10, 2019, 11:17 AM - Edit history (1)

, he said the nation, that was struck by Dorian as it carried winds of 185 mph, had some “very bad people and some very bad gang members and some very, very bad drug dealers”.


Yeah right. Murderers and rapists as well I imagine.

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
62. No surprise: Bahamas are 85% people of color.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 01:06 AM
Sep 2019

If it was an island of white Trump supporters, we would be sending every available resource.

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