Trump Said He Wants More Nordic Immigrants—Norwegian Man’s Reply Goes Viral
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Via: krishna • 10 months ago • 46 commentsBy: By Rachael O'Connor Life and Trends Reporter
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A Norwegian man has gone viral for his response to calls for Nordic people to immigrate to the United States.
Vocalist Chris Lund, 43, is from Norway, and recently heard President Donald Trump's pleas for more Scandinavian immigrants to move to the States.
On December 9, Trump spoke at a rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, where he complained about immigration and asked why more people from Nordic countries weren't coming to the United States.
In his speech, Trump said he had asked a meeting of Democrat lawmakers "why it is we only take people from s***hole countries," and " why can't we have some people from Norway , Sweden, just a few? Let's have a few from Denmark."
He went on: "Do you mind sending us a few people? Send us some nice people. Do you mind? But we always take people from Somalia, places that are a disaster, right? Filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime."
Lund took notice — and decided to give his opinion on why people in his country weren't flocking to the United States.
Lund told Newsweek he did this because of the "recurring irony of being told America is the 'land of opportunity' by someone who doesn't seem to realize that, for a Norwegian, moving there is a massive downgrade ."
"I saw the comments Trump made about wanting more Norwegians and I just did the math," Lund said. "When you compare five weeks of vacation and a year of maternity leave to the American system, the offer is a joke. I’m not trying to be mean. I’m just looking at the benefits package."
On December 12, Lund took to his Threads account @chrislundartist where he wrote in a now-viral post: "Trump said he wants more immigrants from Norway. I have reviewed the offer, and I have to decline.
"The benefits package is terrible. You offer two weeks of vacation if we are lucky; we get five. Your maternity leave is 'good luck,' while we get a year . Your healthcare plan is GoFundMe, while ours is free. And your safety plan is just 'thoughts and prayers.'
"Moving to the US right now feels like leaving a spa to go work in a burning hot dog stand. Thanks, but we will stay in the snow."
In Norway, all employees are entitled to at least 25 working days of holiday each year, and employers are duty-bound to ensure each employee uses all of their holiday allowance, according to the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority.
Parents are entitled to a total of 12 months' leave after the birth of a baby, or this time can be extended by up to three years if the parent returns to work part-time. Norway also has universal health coverage, funded by automatic taxes and payroll contributions by employees and employers, according to the Commonwealth Fund .
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Trump said he had asked a meeting of Democrat lawmakers "why it is we only take people from s***hole countries," and "why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, just a few? Let's have a few from Denmark."
He went on: "Do you mind sending us a few people? Send us some nice people. Do you mind? But we always take people from Somalia, places that are a disaster, right? Filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime."
Sorry. Cannot open your link to the article which makes it difficult to comment relevently.
Basically the man from Norway says no self-respecting Norwegian would go to the US because it would be a downgrade from what they have already
Thanks Trout. The Norwegian's response should not be a surprise to anyone.
Lund took notice — and decided to give his opinion on why people in his country weren't flocking to the United States.
Lund told Newsweek he did this because of the "recurring irony of being told America is the 'land of opportunity' by someone who doesn't seem to realize that, for a Norwegian, moving there is a massive downgrade ."
On December 12, Lund took to his Threads account @chrislundartist where he wrote in a now-viral post: "Trump said he wants more immigrants from Norway. I have reviewed the offer, and I have to decline.
"The benefits package is terrible. You offer two weeks of vacation if we are lucky; we get five. Your maternity leave is 'good luck,' while we get a year. Your healthcare plan is GoFundMe, while ours is free. And your safety plan is just 'thoughts and prayers.
Whiat did Trump reply? That you can't grow oranges in Norway? OR Our rates of gun violence and incarceration are far superior (higher) than yours?
Of course, the percentage of Norwegians who move to the us is much higher than the percentage of Americans who move to Norway, but sure, one dude on the internet who is so ignorant her believes he gets free health care has an opinion..
Some folks would argue: " TANSTAAFL "
There is no doubt about it, people from first world countries aren't really looking to move. Maybe we should just go back to the old immigration law and that would slow things down a bit.
Let us not forget those who came from the Nordic lands.
There is no doubt about it, people from first world countries aren't really looking to move
???
Many British people, especially young adults, are leaving the UK for better quality of life, higher salaries, lower living costs, improved work-life balance, and opportunities elsewhere, driven by economic factors like rising costs, post-Brexit changes (especially for EU travel/work), and perceived declines in public services, with popular destinations including Spain, Australia, and the US, as records show a significant net outflow of citizens seeking a different lifestyle.
Many British people...???
Need a link?
records show a significant net outflow of citizens seeking a different lifestyle.
Britain has been turned into a shit hole country.
Of course as You are obviously aware, Britain is generally considered to be a "first world country".
Here's more (accurate) info on the situation
Why Are So Many People Leaving the UK for New Opportunities?
How Many Brits Are Leaving the UK Every Year? Why Are So Many Leaving the UK?
So which do you think has now become more of a "shit hole country"?
The U.S.-- or Britain?
In your opinion, which of these countries is in greatest need of "Being Msde 'Great Again'"?
GB throws more people in jail for speech violations than China, let gangs of foreign migrants rape thousands of English girls and covered it up in the name of diversity, lets people freeze to death in alarming numbers in the name of keeping energy prices high to fight climate change and, like much of Europe, has a lower per capita GDP than the poorest state in America.
GB is what America will be in 15 years if the Democrats have their way.
How many are coming to the US?
We're already there thanks to trump and republicans.
Somewhere between twelve-- and fifteen.
I think the left won't mind too much.
they're not all blond
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'Merica!
Sorry Norway, now that Trump found out about your generous vacation policy, your generous family leave policy, and your actual guaranteed health insurance policy, you have been downgraded to one rung beneath shithole country.
Morning...what you mob only get 2 weeks annual leave??
How many weeks do you get for sick leave or bereavement leave?
No.. While I'm sure some do, most get more and many have unlimited.
Morning...so if you just start a new job say clerical in a company you automatically get 4 weeks annual leave straight off like we do?
And two weeks sick leave?
Worked with a lot of Americans and they said they only got two weeks annual leave and increased the longer you stayed with the company..must have been pulling my leg...
It depends. some might start with two. But almost no one starts a new job every year.
My nephew works his ass off as an electrician He gets one week PTO until five years, when it doubles. PTO includes everything, including sick leave. Meanwhile his coworkers are dodging ICE any way they can. Republicans are doing a bang up job with the economy … literally.
Why are his coworkers dodging ICE?
Why are you being obtuse?
How so? It sounds like your nephew might be the one being obtuse if he only gets one week of pto until he hits the five year mark and has coworkers dodging ICE...
Maybe he is, but I’d think he would know if there was a way for an American electrician fluent in Spanish to get a job with better benefits. He’s not just an electrician, he’s an interpreter for the company. If maga had a collective brain they’d realize how they are slitting the throat of the US economy. Great job, Greg.
Sorry Hal, you can consider yourself intelligent [....][✘]
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It varies by company and location. Vacation and sick time are not federally mandated.
There's actually a lot of variation-- between different governments (remember we have 50 states-- and for some of them there are different laws).
A friend of mine is a retired public school teacher. She taught in NY state. (The state has a very strong teachers' union).
They get full yearly pay working only half a year. (Something like 182 or so days off/year.) Numerous paid holidays, fully paid two months off in the summer (2 months!) and iIRC ten days /year paid sick leave.
Its been years since I've been in the regular work force I"ve been "retired" from my regular job for a while now but am self employed.but IIRC many people in the private sector got 2 weeks (or even one week) paid vacation/year (?) But it varies from state to state.
Arvo..yes teachers get all that here to etc..that is the norm for them...
That's why I asked about an ordinary clerical office job..
Here Australia wide you get 4 weeks annual leave plus 2 weeks paid sick leave straight off..this is renewed each year and if you don't use all your leave in one year it's carried over into the next etc..
You don't have to wait 5 years etc to get increase in annual leave you have it from day one..each year 4 weeks leave and long service leave kicks in at 7 years which accumulates each year as well..
Think I prefer our system once again...
Well IIRC, most of the typical clerical jobs in offices here aren't as generous with time off days as what you have. its mostly one week off (in some places it might be two?).
From everything you've said, I think I'd like the Australian system better!
One of the things that many people may find strange is the power individual states have to make their own laws in certain areas.
I imagine this hasn't changed (?): various states have different age requirements for drinking (alcoholic beveridges). As I remember, in some sates the minimum age is 18-- in others (even an adjacent state) the minimum age may be 21!
Also the age to be eligible to get a drivers licence varies slightly from state to state!
I imagine this hasn't changed (?): various states have different age requirements for drinking (alcoholic beveridges). As I remember, in some sates the minimum age is 18-- in others (even an adjacent state) the minimum age may be 21!
I just googled it-- the age requirements for driving differs more than I had realized:
Full/Unrestricted License:
If you're lucky. I had to build up my leave to be able to take that much at one time. I have no bereavement leave so when my father died it all came out of my annual leave balance. I get 8 hours sick leave a month. Sucks when you have a major accident like I did when I broke my ankle in 2 places
It's because their populations are mostly white people...that's why.
Sweden had been having an increase in gun violence:
Gun violence in Sweden (Swedish: skjutningar or gängskjutningar , "gang shootings") increased steeply among males aged 15 to 29 in the two decades prior to 2015. In addition to this rising trend,
Sweden is among one of the highest in gun violence in Western Europe
Gun violence started increasing in the mid 2000s and increased more rapidly from 2013 onwards. This sets Sweden apart from most other countries in Europe where there instead has been a decline in gun homicides.
In its 2021 report on the phenomenon, the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention did not analyse the reasons for the trend that occurred in Sweden.
Most of the increase is related to gang violence in vulnerable areas in Sweden which are areas with higher crime rates, low income and education, and a large immigrant population. [ 3 ]
But the good news is that they seem to be figuring out how to better deal with it.