The attacker was from Egypt which is not on the list

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    Im not up to speed on Laos, are they going through something or are they just…Trump wanted an L country?

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      Dunno, they’re one of the fastest growing economies since 2009 according to Wikipedia. Also a communist government, and landlocked. My assumption was that they’re just poor, but i dont actually have any insight into why they included them in this list.

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      During the Vietnam war the US financed the Hmong to fight against the Communist in Laos, when the war ended the US allowed them to come to the US. So for somebody like Trump he might just believe that is still a problem.

      Laos is also common origin country for sex slaves. So Trump might change his mind…

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      Fascism always needs an enemy. Start with this list, slowly grow it over time while most Americans are blissfully unaware until it finally affects them but is too late.