Trump administration to deny salad-dodger migrants visas
A man after my own heart, at least in this respect, Donald Trump has done as I would on my first day as emperor, right after executing all of the bankers and pharmaceutical pimps in a football stadium on live television: turned fatphobia into official government policy, denying obese immigrants visas on the grounds that they are financial liabilities.
Via The Independent (emphasis added):
“On the same day that Donald Trump unveiled plans to slash the consumer cost of weight-loss drugs, the president issued a new directive banning obese foreigners or people with diabetes from obtaining visas to visit the United States.
The new guidelines instruct visa officers to reject applicants who may be eligible for public benefits, as part of the president’s hard-line crackdown on immigration.
The guidance, which was issued by cable to embassies across the United States… identifies people with obesity or diabetes as being a “public charge.”
“You must consider an applicant’s health,” the order read. “Certain medical conditions — including, but not limited to, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, cancers, diabetes, metabolic diseases, neurological diseases, and mental health conditions — can require hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of care.””
Pete Hegseth issues fatwa against fat generals
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
-George Orwell, Animal Farm
Right to their overfed faces, Secretary of Defense (or Secretary of War, whatever) Pete Hegseth issued a brutal fatwa against all the heavily decorated butterballs assembled in the audience:
“It’s tiring to look out at combat formations or really any formation and see fat troops. Likewise, it’s completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon and leading commands around the country and world. It’s a bad look… and it’s not who we are. So whether you’re an Airborne Ranger or chair-borne ranger, a brand new private or four-star general, you need to meet the height and weight standards and pass your PT test.”