Trump Moves to Deport Vietnam War Refugees

[The Greater Ohio Valley]

It’s almost as if Trump is trying to be the most loathsome and unpopular President in recent US history.

[Syfenq]

Not the Vietnamese, apparently, 32% of whom voted Republican in 2016, the largest share out of all Asian-Americans.

Vietnamese-Americans have long supported the Republican Party due to their disillusionment with the leftist ideology of the communist revolution that they fled. Trump is acting very foolishly by alienating such voters.

Vietnamese Americans were trending towards the Democratic Party before Trump. Can't say he's doing anything to slow that trend.

[Kowani]

It’s almost as if Trump is trying to be the most loathsome and unpopular President in recent US history.

He might even beat John Quincy Adams for most hated minority president.

[Duhon]

When does he not act foolishly?

He usually does act rather foolishly. It makes one wonder how he managed to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania. But maybe he is really secretly a leftist conspiring to destroy the Republican Party by deliberately messing things up.

... dude. You can own up to this fuckup.

You can do it. Come on.

[Duhon]

It’s almost as if Trump is trying to be the most loathsome and unpopular President in recent US history.

Unfortunately, being a dick is as natural to the man as lying. He does it without effort, yet expects everyone to worship him whatever he does. Truly a [CENSORED BY THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION] for the ages.

[Dogmeat]

Well that's low.

[Bienenhalde]

He usually does act rather foolishly. It makes one wonder how he managed to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania. But maybe he is really secretly a leftist conspiring to destroy the Republican Party by deliberately messing things up.

... dude. You can own up to this fuckup.

You can do it. Come on.

It is disappointing that so many Republicans were stupid and/or unprincipled enough to vote for Trump, but I never voted for him.

[Duhon]

... dude. You can own up to this fuckup.

You can do it. Come on.

It is disappointing that so many Republicans were stupid and/or unprincipled enough to vote for Trump, but I never voted for him.

Oh. Sorry for that. Moving on.

[Duhon]

...the fuck?

The hole, it's deep.

[Bombadil]

Seems a rather dumb and unnecessary move by Trump, who dies he think he's appealing to?

His followers and other xenophobes.

I'm not so sure, I feel his supporters all feel quite strongly about Vietnam and the positive role the US played in liberating it from communism, to send back people to Vietnam, I'm not even sure it plays to his base very much.

[Duhon]

His followers and other xenophobes.

I'm not so sure, I feel his supporters all feel quite strongly about Vietnam and the positive role the US played in liberating it from communism, to send back people to Vietnam, I'm not even sure it plays to his base very much.

I feel the same way, but then there have been dozens of outrageous bullshit since Trump was a candidate, so... maybe keep on trawling those hotbeds of Trumpism, Bombadil? Just to gauge public sentiment.

Maybe people like Parkus will happily volunteer one Khashoggi, but hundreds? Thousands? Of people from a country they know is anathema to them? Maybe they'll stoop to it so long as they knock on Atwood, maybe not.

You see to it, yes?

[Bombadil]

I'm not so sure, I feel his supporters all feel quite strongly about Vietnam and the positive role the US played in liberating it from communism, to send back people to Vietnam, I'm not even sure it plays to his base very much.

I feel the same way, but then there have been dozens of outrageous bullshit since Trump was a candidate, so... maybe keep on trawling those hotbeds of Trumpism, Bombadil? Just to gauge public sentiment.

Maybe people like Parkus will happily volunteer one Khashoggi, but hundreds? Thousands? Of people from a country they know is anathema to them? Maybe they'll stoop to it so long as they knock on Atwood, maybe not.

You see to it, yes?

Fox definitely won't cover this..

[Kowani]

I feel the same way, but then there have been dozens of outrageous bullshit since Trump was a candidate, so... maybe keep on trawling those hotbeds of Trumpism, Bombadil? Just to gauge public sentiment.

Maybe people like Parkus will happily volunteer one Khashoggi, but hundreds? Thousands? Of people from a country they know is anathema to them? Maybe they'll stoop to it so long as they knock on Atwood, maybe not.

You see to it, yes?

Fox definitely won't cover this..

Maybe they will. They’ve pushed back against Trump a few times this year. They might find a shred of integrity.

[Galloism]

Fox definitely won't cover this..

Maybe they will. They’ve pushed back against Trump a few times this year. They might find a shred of integrity.

Press X to doubt.

[Napkiraly]

Not the Vietnamese, apparently, 32% of whom voted Republican in 2016, the largest share out of all Asian-Americans.

Vietnamese-Americans have long supported the Republican Party due to their disillusionment with the leftist ideology of the communist revolution that they fled. Trump is acting very foolishly by alienating such voters.

Still not 50% though.

[Kowani]

Maybe they will. They’ve pushed back against Trump a few times this year. They might find a shred of integrity.

Press X to doubt.

Well, it is a very big might.

[An Alan Smithee Nation]

Is there anything he won't welch on?

[Victoriaans Nederlands]

This is just pretty sad. Why bother and disturb the communities that have more or less integrated in US?

With that said, the OP does mention that the refugees have been living here for decades, so they have outlived most of the US-born children at this point. They have lived here longer than some citizens, and paid their due taxes, so... what's the problem with them living here even as "refugees of the old war" ?

[Benuty]

It’s almost as if Trump is trying to be the most loathsome and unpopular President in recent US history.

Nonsense, that would be Lincoln for getting shot.

[Benuty]

This is just pretty sad. Why bother and disturb the communities that have more or less integrated in US?

With that said, the OP does mention that the refugees have been living here for decades, so they have outlived most of the US-born children at this point. They have lived here longer than some citizens, and paid their due taxes, so... what's the problem with them living here even as "refugees of the old war" ?

I think its more or so the "they have a criminal record so fuck them" mentality to be honest. I mean naturalized citizenship is always within a stones throw of being taken away if the right conditions are met anyway. Not saying its moral, but this is lawful evil with a side of pettiness to fit a political platform if anything else. Given the U.S, and Vietnam warmed over disliking China not sure why the administration would do this though.

[Benuty]

He usually does act rather foolishly. It makes one wonder how he managed to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania. But maybe he is really secretly a leftist conspiring to destroy the Republican Party by deliberately messing things up.

... dude. You can own up to this fuckup.

You can do it. Come on.

Its hardly not that much of a conspiracy theory. If the Soviets could spread through hollywood faster than syphilis on wheels, and HIV through San Francisco then sure whats to say an amoral political ideologue doesn't have a secret agenda. Now that said I doubt it is of the "leftist" variety since the U.S communists are all fucking cowards who haven't grown a backbone since the KKK kicked their teeth in the 1970s.

[Vassenor]

Trump's one track mind and its "refugees = bad" setting rears its ugly head.

[-Ocelot-]

This just reeks of lawful evil to me

In the US, Lawful Evil would be private corporations destroying your life through debt. What Trump's administration does is probably closer to Neutral Evil.

[Virshia]

This just reeks of lawful evil to me

In the US, Lawful Evil would be private corporations destroying your life through debt. What Trump's administration does is probably closer to Neutral Evil.

Or Chaotic Evil.

[The New California Republic]

There is something painfully ironic in the fact that the U.S. threw South Vietnam to the wolves by abandoning them, and then sees fit to deport refugees that resulted from said abandonment.

The Linebacker II bombing raids on Hanoi in 1972 should have been continued for several months. If they had, then it is likely that North Vietnam's ability to wage war would have been seriously crippled for the long term, and led to a more permanent solution regarding South Vietnam at the negotiating table, rather than resulting in its defeat 3 years later.

Or perhaps Nixon shouldn't have colluded with South Vietnam to scotch LBJ's peace talks in 1968 in order to boost his domestic political fortunes or lied about that and his "secret plan to end the war." BIGGER THAN WATERGATE!

And it could be argued that America should never have got involved in the first place...? How far back do you want to go in this really strange and unnecessary attempt to undermine what I said?