Trump Cloaks Incredibly Racist Claim About Migrant Farm Workers As Praise

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, in Allentown, Pa. US President Donald Trump detoured from touting his tariff-based economic policies to make a plainly racist claim about migrant labourers during his Tuesday morning appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box.Echoing the bigotry of centuries past, the president claimed that migrants are uniquely suited to physically strenuous farm work, asserting that it comes “naturally” to them. “In many ways,” Trump added, “they’re very, very special people.”The comment came as Trump acknowledged that his severe crackdown on immigration, including arrests of people who are following judges’ orders, has impacted US agriculture, which relies heavily on migrant labour. Much of that workforce is Latino or non-white. “We’re taking care of our farmers. We can’t let our farmers not have anybody. … These people, you can’t replace them very easily,” Trump said on CNBC.“You know, people that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They’re just not doing that work. And they’ve tried, we’ve tried, everybody tried. They don’t do it,” he went on.“These people do it naturally – naturally,” he said of the migrant labourers. Trump then recalled asking a farmer what happens to such workers if “they get a bad back.”“He said, ‘They don’t get a bad back, sir, because if they get a bad back, they die.’”The US Department of Agriculture estimates that around 40% of farm labourers are working in the country without proper authorisation; farmers report difficulty in finding enough local workers to help them at harvest time. In recent decades, the US has seen a surge in migrants fleeing economic instability and violence in South and Central America, although numbers have plummeted since Trump retook office with the promise of mass deportations.Related...Trump Has A New Tactic To Stop The Ukraine War – Going After Russia's AlliesRFK Jr Says Donald Trump Keeps Hounding Him On The Phone With Same QuestionTrump Melts Down Over ‘Crazed Lunatic’ Democrats In Escalating Confirmation Feud

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