United States President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he and his administration would ‘permanently pause migration from all Third World countries.’
On a post on Truth Social, he said that he was doing it to "allow the U.S system to fully recover and terminate all of Biden's illegal admissions." He also said that it was to "end all Federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens of our Country, denaturalise migrants who undermine domestic tranquillity, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or incompatible with Western Civilisation. “
The US president made the comments following the death of a National Guard member on Thursday after being shot near the White House in an ambush that investigators say was carried out by an Afghan national.
What are Third World Countries?
It is unclear what Trump meant by ‘third world countries,’ since it is an outdated term that originated during the Cold War to describe nations that were neither allied nor neutral. First World countries referred to nations that were allied to the US, and Second World referred to countries that stood with the USSR. India was a ‘third-world country’ during the war.
The term is now often misleadingly used to describe developing countries or to compare their social and economic progress.
While there is no official list of ‘third world’ countries, the United Nations does have a classification of Least Developed Countries or LDCs.
The list is based on the countries' per capita income, Human Assets Index, and its economic and environmental vulnerability. As of now, there are a total of 44 countries classified as LDCs. Afghanistan is ranked on the list of LDC's.
To make it out of the list, a country has to reach the thresholds in two out of the three criterias listed.
In the post, Trump goes on to say that the goals (of permanently pausing migration), "will be pursued with the aim of achieving a major reduction in illegal and disruptive populations, including those admitted through an unauthorized and illegal Autopen approval process. Only REVERSE MIGRATION can fully cure this situation. Other than that, HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, except those that hate, steal, murder, and destroy everything that America stands for — You won’t be here for long!"
In a seperate post Trump wished all American citizens, "who have been so nice in allowing our Country to be divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at, along with certain other foolish countries throughout the World, for being “Politically Correct,” and just plain STUPID, when it comes to Immigration" a Happy Thanksgiving.
He also claimed that the USA's foreign population now stood at 53 million people, of which most were "on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels." "They and their children are supported through massive payments from Patriotic American Citizens who, because of their beautiful hearts, do not want to openly complain or cause trouble in any way, shape, or form," he added.
