I cannot be the only one who notices the Democratic and European confusion over immigration, birth rates, national defense, and work. On the one hand, politicians argue that we need open borders because of an aging population and declining birth rates; on the other hand, they admit that, with the rise of robots, they fear there will be fewer job opportunities.
Just as matter and antimatter cannot occupy the same space, or a square circle cannot exist, a nation cannot demand more workers while predicting the end of work itself. We cannot lament labor shortages and, in the same breath, insist that technology is about to make work and workers obsolete.
Grandiloquent Argle-Bargle
If there are fewer job opportunities, why do we need more immigrants? Nearly a decade ago, on the television show The View, Kelly Osborne tried to clarify the Democratic pro-open-borders stance with this now-famous statement.
“If you kick every Latino out of this country, then who is going to be cleaning your toilet, Donald Trump?”
Even though this gaffe was made almost a decade ago, it still resonates with those who believe the liberal and Democratic talking points are nothing more than election grandiloquent argle-bargle. There is no sane argument for increasing immigration amid declining job growth.
The truth is, Democrats aim to increase immigration to boost population numbers for the next census. This count directly affects the number of House seats and influences debates over voter ID laws. It also determines how many votes a state has in the Electoral College. If illegal voting occurs at the state and local level, control of elections, laws, and law enforcement could be compromised by non-citizens.
But Kelly Osbourne is not the only liberal to open her mouth and insert her foot. Nancy Pelosi has often argued that immigrants do jobs that Americans will not do, like “pick the crops” or “work in the fields.” Sounds like good jobs for robots to me.
And then Hillary Clinton stated during her 2016 Presidential campaign that immigrants “keep our economy going” by performing essential low-wage jobs. I believe this is one of the fundamental reasons for robots, since they work 24 hours a day without pay.
If there is a counterargument to these facts, I have yet to hear or read it. Democrats are at their lowest point morally and intellectually when they claim that minorities cannot possibly be expected to obtain a photo ID to vote. It makes them appear as disconnected from reality as the voter ID policies they support. Illegal immigration only makes sense for Washington and state politicians,
European Ineptitude and Hostility
The only politicians less intelligent than American Democrats on this issue are those in Europe and Great Britain. We should not pretend these are the nations and people we fought alongside during World Wars I and II; they are not. Today’s European politician is a socialist who has prioritized social welfare and immigration far above historical culture and national security.
“There is no such thing as French culture. There is culture in France.”
The extent of this shift was never clearer than in the recent Iran conflict, when most NATO members remained silent while we risked lives and property. The United Kingdom, once home to the world’s largest navy, had not a single seaworthy ship. They initially refused to allow us to use the military base on Diego Garcia, but relented when they realized they could not stop us. France, Spain, and Italy even refused or limited the use of airspace for staging military assets. Poland, usually cooperative, refused to let us redeploy Patriot Missiles. This helped form what the White House now calls “the coalition of the unwilling.”
“The Swedes must integrate into the new Sweden. The old Sweden is never coming back.”
The war revealed many issues, but one thing is clear: Europe now has so many Middle Eastern immigrants that politicians fear taking a stand to defend their own countries, worried about losing votes and support from these communities.
European politicians no longer prioritize their nation or traditional population groups. They are often far-left “one world” or “world without borders” ideologues who support mass immigration at the expense of national sovereignty. The issue with their views is that they face the same economic challenges. If AI and robotics are truly advancing, there will be fewer jobs. Proportionally, they may find themselves in the same position that Democrats hope to achieve here.
Linked Political Stupidity
An aging population is not just an American problem; it is a result of several factors, such as the end of the Baby-Boomer generation and decades of abortions. We lament our aging population while we predict an end to the need for more workers. In an era of too many people for too few jobs, who will get those jobs? European countries are importing millions of low‑skill migrants into economies that are rapidly eliminating low‑skill work.
For both the United States and Europe, there is a contradiction that politicians cannot escape or ignore. If you combine more people with fewer jobs and higher welfare burdens, then there is a destruction of social cohesion. Even more than here, the European political class depends on immigrant voting blocs, and they cannot reverse course, even when the economics do not work and there is a threat of war. Any nation that cannot employ its own population cannot sustain a military, and a nation that cannot sustain a military cannot remain a reliable ally.
European politicians cannot reverse course because they built their coalitions using immigrant voting blocs. If they restrict immigration now, they lose power. So, they continue to import voters into an economy that cannot employ them. That is not policy; it is political self-preservation disguised as compassion, and ultimately political and national suicide.
NATO or Go
This shift in population is also changing ideology, and we can only pretend that NATO still exists. I have had this love/hate relationship with NATO membership for years. History shows that, left to their own devices, European nations always fall into conflict over something. It has gone on for millennia, and we cannot change it. NATO was born from shared values and a desire for peace through strength. Even the Judeo-Christian values in Europe have eroded.
In my view, the main value of NATO was to keep them united against communism from the Soviet Union. There was a secondary benefit in not needing to intervene and straighten things out every few decades. We achieved this by maintaining a military presence in Europe, which allowed us to respond swiftly to the Soviets. Unspoken all these years was the fact that our presence also prevented the Europeans from returning to their continent-wide conflicts. However, those days might be ending as they accept more immigrants and their population and ideology change.
The NATO and European countries face the same problem we caused with outsourcing manufacturing abroad. However, Europe made matters worse by pursuing an energy strategy that makes manufacturing reshoring nearly impossible. Taking in masses of immigrants and reducing your manufacturing capacity in the face of increased automation is a formula for mass poverty and eventually revolution. We are struggling to rearm in a reasonable time. Europe has no chance and will only drag us down and drain our resources in its next conflict.
Welfare states can survive low birth rates, high immigration, or automation. But they cannot survive all three at once. Europe has chosen all three, and in doing so, has chosen irrelevance on the world stage. A continent that cannot employ its own population cannot fund its own defense. A continent that cannot fund its own defense cannot be a reliable ally.
Time to Get Real About Immigration, Defense, and Work
I have my moments with President Trump where I look at my wife and say, “I just wish he would act more Presidential!” But the truth is, we have had those politicians for decades, and they got us in this mess. I do not always like President Trump’s antics, but he gets results and has no problems keeping America, well, America.
For a century, we have stood with European allies who have now decided that political survival is more important than their own defense, our friendship, or mutual defense. The confluence of issues with terrorism, immigration, artificial intelligence, robotics, and the future of work has exposed NATO as a relic of World War II. Surviving in this new world will be difficult enough without NATO, perhaps impossible with them.
We are a nation of immigrants, and one of our core strengths is overcoming our differences to become a cohesive population with shared values. We should never underestimate the difficulty or value of those struggles. The Democrats tried to destroy that cohesion through the Obama and Biden years by mass immigration and pitting our differences against our shared values. But their focus is on short-term election wins and the destruction of our core values in the longer term.
I must admit that President Trump is the right person at the right time to be President. I know of no other person or politician who has overcome as many obstacles to preserve who we are.
Resources and Further Reading
‘Get your own oil’: Trump launches tirade against Europe for not joining Iran war, by Oliver Holmes, Angela Giuffrida, Stephen Burgen, and Andrew Roth, The Guardian, theguardian.com, March 31, 2026.
End of Nato? Why are European allies refusing to back Trump’s Iran war?, by Anmol Singla, First Post, firstpost.com, April 1, 2026.
Europe’s Disjointed Response to the U.S.–Israeli War With Iran, by Matthias Matthijs, Council on Foreign Relations, cfr.org, March 6, 2026.
European Allies Tell Trump ‘No’ to Iran War: Why It Matters, by Oliver Knox, USNews, usnews.com, April 1, 2026.
Immigrants are not hurting U.S.-born workers: Six facts to set the record straight, by Daniel Costa and Heidi Shierholz, Economic Policy Institute, epi.org, February 20, 2024.
Kelly Osbourne breaks silence on viral The View comment about Latinos: ‘The worst thing I’ve ever done’, by Kevin E G Perry, The Independent, the-independent.com, January 18, 2024.
Kelly Osbourne Finally Addresses ‘Who’s Going To Clean Your Toilets… Latinos’ Comment, by Jeanette Hernandez, REMEZCLA, remezca.com, January 18, 2024.
Kelly Osbourne says if all Latinos were deported ‘who’d clean toilets?’ Then apologizes, by FOX News, foxnews.com, August 4, 2015.
Most U.S. voters say immigrants – no matter their legal status – mostly take jobs citizens don’t want, by Sahana Mukherjee and Jens Manuel Krogstad, Pew Research Center, pewresearch.org, October 21, 2024.
The Mask Is Off? Spain’s Far-Left Leader Calls For “Replacement” of Native Population, by Javier Villamor, The European Conservative, europeanconservative,com, February 2, 2026.
The myth of ‘jobs Americans won’t do,’ by Christian Veziij, American Thinker, americanthinker.com, December 2, 2025.
There Are No Jobs Americans Won’t Do: A detailed look at immigrants (legal and illegal) and natives across occupations, by Steven A. Camarota, Jason Richwine, and Karen Zeigler, Center for Immigration Studies, cis.org, August 26, 2018.
Yes, Undocumented Immigrants Take Jobs from Americans. Here’s the Proof., by Henry Olsen, Ethics & Public Policy Center, eppc.org, August 16, 2019.
