Celebrity Apprentice Link- https://youtu.be/pBHJkbDPW6U
SNL Baldwin Trump Impersonation-https://youtu.be/4_Gf0mGJfP8
Donald Trump has been one
of the biggest anomaly of a presidential candidate that the United States has
ever seen. From his days on Celebrity
Apprentice to the center of the Oval Office, Trump has been in the
spotlight for quite some time. He has no political experience in the typical
sense, he has been seen first and foremost as a businessman that has expensive
ventures all over the world. For many, when Trump decided to make a campaign
for president of the United States, many people outside of his supporters saw
it as some kind of business stunt or a joke. But, to peoples amazement Trump
not only was the Republican nominee, he is now the President of the United
States.
Trumps
image is something that has been ridiculed since the day he decided to run a
campaign for president. From Alec Baldwin skits portraying the president as
someone incompetent and goofy, to all the memes that have been made of this
polarizing figure that takes over the news headlines with ease. He is seen by
thousands of Americans as racist, misogynistic, and even fascist. When the
polling numbers were coming in that this was not some sort of joke but the
actual reality the country was facing, people were in shock, terrified, and
fearful. With that being said, there were also the lower educated class that
saw Trump as a savior, someone that would allow their voices to be heard that
had not been heard by the Obama administration. Many of these Americans felt
that they were being labeled as racist, bad people, by other politicians such
as Hillary Clinton who ran against Trump in this previous election. Because of
Trumps sporadic and elementary way of speaking, supporters felt he gave an
escape away from all the political correctness that other candidates had forced
upon them. Donald Trump tried to and is still creating an image that he is one
for the people, that he hears the calls of every American and wants to bring
jobs back to the “American” people. Which of course is a broad statement
considering that the United States is full of all sorts of races and
backgrounds of people. Trump has created a powerful image of someone that will
get actions done, and not only done but done in a timely manner (which so far
he has, even if they are unconstitutional).
I
think for Trump to better his image among the American people he needs to show
empathy for the actions he takes and listen to what the people are saying.
While it is great that he is getting the actions he promised his supporters
done, he needs to show remorse when millions of Americans are protesting what
he is doing. I think the campaign strategy’s goal was to make Trump a man of
power and action, but, there has to hit a certain point when the disapproval of
so many people might make you question what you are doing. That being said, that
is part of the Trump appeal, he does not listen to anyone else but himself, avoiding
the “greedy politicians”. So, to conclude, it is clear that Trumps image is one
of two images, a savior for the American people, or one of evil villain. Only
time will tell what Trumps image will look like in the following years of his
presidency.
