Posted on 01/12/2018 10:24:55 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
OSLO - Many Norwegians rejected on Friday a suggestion by U.S. President Donald Trump that they would be more welcome to move to the United States than immigrants from “shithole countries” such as Haiti or African nations.
The Nordic country, one of the richest in the world by GDP per capita, was last year named the happiest nation on the planet and is known for a cradle-to-grave welfare state funded in part by large reserves of oil and natural gas.
“On behalf of Norway: Thanks, but no thanks,” tweeted Torbjoern Saetre, a politician representing Norway’s Conservative Party in a municipality near Oslo.
Others condemned the U.S. president’s comments as inappropriate or racist.
“We are not coming. Cheers from Norway,” one woman wrote.
While hundreds of thousands of Norwegians emigrated to the U.S. in the 19th century, just 502 out of a population of 5.3 million people moved there in 2016, down 59 from the previous year, according to Statistics Norway.
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Yes, but they had to do that to keep Godzilla from coming and stomping on their creamed herring warehouses.
Only 561 the year before........maybe they're running out of people who want to come here........LOL!
I never heard him offer.
I dislike a lot of Norwegians about as much as I dislike Brits and Arabs. Norway has mostly a monoculture and they like it that way. The monoculture actually leads to a disproportionately high ratio of well trained engineers.
“They can pitch tents in my backyard, as many as can fit. “
You’d be pitching a tent in your yoga pants!
6 of my great grandparents came from Norway between 1864 and 1891. At that time Norway was a poor country, most people were farmers, but only 4 percent of Norway is suitable for farming, and each generation the farms got smaller and smaller. There are currently about 5 million people in the US who have at least some Norwegian ancestry. I’ve been to Norway, it is a beautiful country, but their government is allowing it to be over-run with Muslims and Africans, to the point where many Norwegian women dye their hair black to try and avoid being raped.
Good catch!
President “all wee-weed up” and “sh*t show” made up weird words as he went along. Who has EVER heard of or used these terms?
What in the world would a “sh*t show”even be? An outing to the monkey house at the zoo?
At least Trump speaks plain, normal American English.
Well played sir!
See how big they talk when the Ruskies get up on their hind legs and start to roar.
You better believe they’ll be burning up the phones to the White House.
That, I believe, makes his point
I’ll bet there are PLENTY of Norwegians who would love to come over. But will they get interviewed?
ONce Europe is finally over run by Sharia,
Norwegians will be begging to immigrate.
Too bad, only Haitians allowed.
Wait until the Ruskies come across the border.
Wait until the Ruskies come across the border.
Undoubtedly, he used that country in rhetorical fashion not in literal fashion. But expect American libs or euroweenies to get that...
US Lutefisk futures are crashing on this news.
I’m happy to have norwegians stay put. Life will get interesting for them shortly when Anders Breivik completes his 20-year term for mass murdering more than 75 of their own.
You Europeans are about due for another war where you try to kill each other. In fact, the Western EU verses the Central and Eastern Free State lines have already been drawn. Good luck with that.
When Norway’s king visited Minnesota, years ago, then Senator Mondale reminded the King, that he, Mondale represented more Norwegians than the King did....
Oooofda! Pass the lutefisk!
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