It is a given that Trump's weird walk to the D.C. church with his bible is virtue-signaling that is copyrighted by the Johnsons, Byrds, and Jacksons of the political scene and, as such, is cultural appropriation. But the real question is, who was he aiming at?
Hong Kong Visas
A recent article in Vox raises an age-old question in a slightly different context: They suggest selectively offering American visas to those Hong Kong residents and business people who want it.
"China would suffer concrete harm in terms of a reduction in the size and wealth of one of its major cities, and a considerable propaganda loss given the specter of ethnically Chinese people fleeing for freedom. And while there would obviously be something a bit arbitrary about special treatment for Hong Kong emigrants, a little arbitrariness here and there has long been a hallmark of American immigration policy. There’s no particularly deep reason why Cuban emigrants get special treatment, for example, but it happens to be a political sustainable framework that is beneficial to both native-born Cubans and native-born Americans."
But the real point, logistics aside, is that America would begin to become pro-active in immigration, offering itself as an opportunity rather than just an international hideout or sloppy welfare state.
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