President Trump had himself a rip roaring good time over the holidays, taking aim at immigration, the winning issue of his presidency.
In between helpings of turkey and stuffing Trump told us how he really felt about the state
of immigration and who is most responsible for the conflict.
He began by saying that the country has been “divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at “for its “just plain stupid” approach to immigration.
He also aimed at one of his former rivals, calling Minnesota governor, Tim Walz, a retard for “doing nothing, either through fear, incompetence or both.”
He pledged to amp up his deportation efforts, as well as actively put the kibosh on immigration from areas that the United States considers less than reputable.
One of the things that the president’s critics jumped on immediately was calling Governor Walz mentally deficient, to put it nicely.
Of course, the reason that Trump took aim at him at all is because Minnesota is experiencing a very real and increasingly hostile cultural clash between the areas’ Somali immigrant population and native born residents.
This was visible during the recent elections, but make no mistake, those cultural differences and those conflicts have been bubbling beneath the surface for years on end without being properly addressed.
So while you might not like the language or the optics of what Trump has been on about, on the merits, he should not be ignored.
Minnesota is one of the very real reminders that the philosophy of having a multicultural society does not come without its trade-offs and share of serious problems.
It’s actually one of the reasons why the immigration topic gets so heated and so many people get upset about it.
Because the one thing that Trump was most right about was that for the most part, most Americans are happy to welcome people from other countries into their communities. I dare say we wouldn’t have half of the exotic cuisine and fun outlets that we have without that attitude.
However, as any brave and honest person will tell you, America is supposed to be a “melting pot” rather than a big tent, where everyone comes in, no one assimilates, and everyone is expected to live in peaceful harmony. It’s an unfortunate truism of life, that serious cultural differences lead to conflict sooner or later without a shared cultural outlook.
When it comes to places like Minnesota, and indeed our sister nation in Britain, it is very clear that foreigners entering the Western world have no desire to conform to western standards.
That’s a serious problem and one that will inevitably lead to real bloodshed if it’s not corrected and addressed properly by those in a position to make a difference.
Washington County native Arthur Howell is a staff writer at The Beacon. He can be reached via email at arthur@roanokebeacon. com.