Letter: Norwegians know to consider the source
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Africans woke up on Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, to find Trump taking an interest in their continent.
Using vulgar language, Trump on Thursday questioned why the U.S. would accept more immigrants from Africa rather than places like Norway in rejecting a bipartisan immigration deal. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
By Thor Nilsen | The Public Forum
| Feb. 5, 2018, 7:43 p.m.
In 1940, when Hitler invaded Norway, his attempts to appease the Norwegian population included telling them they were a great people. Of all cultures, nationalities and “races,” the Norwegians were the greatest, second only to the Germans.
Did the Norwegians pride themselves over such “adulation”? Of course not. They considered the source.
I’m a Norwegian immigrant, having arrived in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty 65 years ago. The comment from our current “Dear Leader” about preferring Norwegian immigrants to most others was not a source of pride to me.
I, too, considered the source.
Thor Nilsen, Sandy