Wednesday, November 2, 2016
How did the U.S get to the point where it is at this current moment? A high percentage of the U.S population supports the Republican party, Donald Trump. He has been compared to individuals such as Adolf Hitler yet he has an extensive amount of supporters who are more than impressed with his perspective about "Making America Great Again". Trump has been quoted several times on insults targeting women and minorities. Does America really expect a positive impact and change from someone who is always faced with a new allegation? How can an entire country be willing to be controlled by a man without an actual plan? Once elected, there is no turning back to change your decision, it is final for another 4 years. No, I do not think Donald Trump should be the next U.S president. America will never be the same anymore if the Republican party were to win this upcoming election. "58% of your youth is unemployed" he said when referring to African Americans, which in reality is not true as stats show otherwise. He also mentioned how Mexico sends over rapists and criminals, he has mentioned mass deportation since announcing his presidential career. Actions speak much louder than words, Trump keeps promising an ideal country which might be the reason many Americans are devoting themselves to electing him. Again, America is known for being one of the "best" countries all around, Trump will be portraying the absolute opposite of best. Time to chose sides, who is America relying on this time around? Let's make a wise and fully thought out decision.
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Karla, I really couldn't agree with you more. Trump's statements are appalling, but they speak to something greater than people's racism. I think people have been bottling up their hate since the civil rights movement, then all of the sudden a celebrity comes along and validates everything they’ve been thinking. The majority of Trump’s constituents are lower socio-economic white Americans, a population that in many ways only has their race to separate them from other minorities. Trump and his campaign, and now his administration, saw that opportunity and took hold of it tight. So yes, many of Trump’s supporters are bigots actively fighting POC, women, and members of the LGBT+ community. However, I would argue that the real more harrowing reality of Trump’s winning is that people are willing to tolerate racism and xenophobia rather than have Hillary in office. Acknowledging that some of their fellow voters are racist but distancing themselves from that hate is really harmful because it allows genuine xenophobic rascits to get away with feeling thw way they do. Any Republican official worth a damn is staying faaaar away from Trump’s cabinate, so all that’s left is racists like Steve Bannon.
ReplyDeleteSo I too agree with you. How in the world did we get to the point of having somebody like Donald Trump to be our president? I as well have no respect for Mr. Trump, but when you look at his presidential campaign I think he was pretty genius. He played right into what conservatives felt was wrong with our nation and fed them what they wanted to hear. I don' necessarily think that Donald Trump believes all the controversial things he has said. Like I said earlier, he's just playing the game. However, whether he believes his words or not, he SAID them, which is inexcusable in itself. What's heart breaking from this political season is that Donald Trump gave a voice to racists and started a scary movement. The most positive thing to come out of this election to me is that many people have now been exposed. They saw a high power person say what they have always wanted to say and now feel like they have the freedom to do so themselves as well. I will never look down on anyone who voted for Donald Trump, as that is their right to do so. Who am I to judge for having a different opinion than myself? What absolutely infuriates me though is backing their vote for him for Islamophobic, xenophobic, and homophobic reasons. Yet again though, it's been cleverly disguised as "we're just trying to keep our country safe". I call b.s. on that. You also mentioned that Donald Trump never really had a plan. It's crazy how pretty much all we heard from him was "we're going to have the best this and best that and win win win" and people just ate that up, with no context as to how we are going to have the best policies. In my opinion, there isn't going to be a wall. Unless the public cries hard enough since the approval of others matters so much to him. He isn't going to repeal the ACA either. Reform it yes, but I do not think he is going to toss Obamacare out. As strict as he has also been on immigration, he is not going to have a complete shutdown of our borders as well as deport every illegal immigrant. If I'm right I'm interested to see how the right wing reacts to this. Donald Trump played into the nation's disappointment of Obama and the Democratic Party, the fact that America is not as great as it was, as well as the fact that he is a fresh face in the political sphere. As bummed as I am that he got elected, I find it sad that so many people wish him to fail. While I think he is in no definition a man, I hope he does well in his presidency.
ReplyDeleteThanks for giving me the opportunity to vent here on your blog and get a grade for it. I too feel the bitterness of a Trump Presidency. I agree that his campaign was driven on the lies and hatred hidden deep in our nation. I could imagine being as shocked as you were when he was announced president elect. I didn't think it could happen. All the polls from highly acclaimed news sites were claiming a Clinton victory. I understand that there were voters that were merely voting republican for their ideals, but it almost seemed like if the majority of people actually watched the debates and kept up with news, they would have realized that Clinton was a far more qualified president. But Trump became the elected president and shocked the world. It took me a few days to suck it up and realize that I should give him a chance but a month after the election Trump has only filled his cabinet and his chief adviser with far right conservatives, change his mind on the plans he promised his voters, (which I'm happy about) but at the end of the day it only demonstrates that he does not have a plan and that we should keep the Canadian airlines bookmarked on our laptops.
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