I think it shows how badly Trump's comments came across that we need to journey through the annals of time to move the topic on.

Trump would've never told a white American congresswoman holding the exact same views with ancestors from elsewhere to "go back to" their country. The comments were clearly racist. Intentionally so. A calculated gamble and no doubt part of his 2020 re-election strategy. Whereas the democrats reel off the myriad of races they hope will vote for them in numbers, Trump's strategy has always been to make non white Americans appear 'foreign' when needed. See birtherism.

Edited by dollardays (17 Jul 2019 1.47am)

I will try to give you a serious answer.

I don't use any specific sources to the exclusion of all others. The BBC is open in my browser all the time as my goto source of information on sport and the weather, and "breaking news". I then follow the scent. If there is a big story I will read accounts of it from a variety of sources. If it is something in the USA I will read both CNN and Fox to see how both sides of the coin report things. I shy away from internet based sources like Huffnews or Breitbart, and certainly InfoWars, because I don't trust their editorial controls. I follow Donald Trump on Twitter and often read the comments of those who respond to him as this gives an insight into how his supporters react and how his critics tear him apart. I rarely watch pod casts or read blogs. I prefer to work things out myself having gathered as much fact as I can. I used to write a blog myself, but only as my journey from a cancer diagnosis to being given the all clear, seemed worth sharing as a possible way to help those in the first days.

There are politicians I instinctively trust as being honest and straightforward, even if I don't always agree with them. Ken Clarke, Michael Heseltine, John Major as Tories but none of the current crop of buffoons. Frank Field, Tom Watson, Ben Bradshaw on the other side. Nichola Sturgeon seems a decent sort.

Outside of politics David Attenborough and Brian Cox, alongside other calm and reasoned thinkers who address the issues without thinking of how it works for them and their careers. Oh and, of course, Sir Roy Hodgson the most obviously decent man to ever manage Palace.

White people do come from other countries other than the UK and the us.
What if she was say Danish or swedish.

It’s their job to be Trump’s opposition - they have as much right as any other politician to challenge and complain if they want to.

If he’s not able to debate them on the complaints they have, I think that says a lot more about him than them.

If this is your conclusion from what I wrote, I see no point in continuing the discussion.

Soundbites only.

Three of the women are Americans. Like Trump. You can take on their opinion within the coutnry, rather than viewing them as mouthy non white who should 'go home'. Or convincing yourself that they hate their country so much that they aren't 'really' American, or shouldn't be there.

Even if someone strives to represented a party in government they get thrown into a '10% making your life less pleasant'. You appear to view them all in one broad 'coloured' stroke.

My point is simply that his comment was said due to the colour of their skin. Which it was.

Edited by dollardays (17 Jul 2019 10.01am)