When one thinks of Donald
Trump they think of power. Whether that is in a positive or negative way it is
something that latches on to Trumps persona and a major reason for his rise to
presidency. Taken from CNN.com Julian Zeilezer writes “Trump often gets away
with it. He says many different things, providing a little bit for many to
agree with. He refuses to get pinned down when questioned about these
inconsistencies. He has argued that flexibility is a positive, particularly in
a president who needs to negotiate with Congress and leaders overseas” (“Clinton
vs. Trump”, 2016). Despite what Trump was quoted saying towards the end of this
excerpt being debatable, the rest is not. For whatever reason being, Trump has
gotten away with going back on his statements along with giving people what
they want to hear in different parts of his rebuttal’s and arguments. Going
along with this, Trump is notorious for his online presence, tweeting whatever
seems to come to his mind. Becoming somewhat of a meme Trump has won over
American voters in ways that would not have been possible ten years ago.
This leads to Trumps weaknesses.
Donald Trump among many Americans is seen as a racist, irrational, and inconsolable
at times. Daniel Maran from the Huffington Post makes this point while pointing
out Trumps campaign team. He states “Steve Bannon,
Trump’s chief strategist and senior counselor, was executive chairman of
Breitbart, a news site that Bannon dubbed the “home of the alt-right” ― a
euphemism that describes a loose coalition of white supremacists and aligned groups. Under Bannon’s
leadership, Breitbart increased its accommodation of openly racist and anti-Semitic writing, capitalizing on the
rise of white nationalism prompted by Trump’s campaign” (“15 Examples of Trump
Being Racist”, 2016). Unfortunately for most Americans besides white Christian
males this is a disadvantage. There have been outcries over Trumps racist picks
for the positions in the White House. Building off these white male voters
Donald Trump has made a living of hate and the feeling of being left out. While
this is an opportunity for Trump, this brings about the biggest weakness. Ninety-five
percent of other Americans that are not white are against Trump asking for him
to be impeached. Protests all across America have taken place protesting the
issues that Trump has stood behind and asking for his impeachment.
As far as the issues go,
as I have mentioned, Trump has been big on immigration. Something that he has
stood behind since the beginning (surprising for Trump). He believes that jobs
are being taken away from “American” workers and being given to foreigners. So
one of the solutions that Trump has is to build a wall to keep out immigrants
from Mexico. Security of the United States has been at the top of the priority
list for Trump. Along with this he has backed Planned Parenthood, stood for the
ownership of guns among other Republican ideals.
I would say the two
campaign members that stick out to me for President Trump is Kellyanne Conway
and Steve Bannon who I mentioned earlier. First with Kellyanne Conway, she is
the backbone to the Trump team, backing up statements that the President has
made along the way as the counselor to the President. She is known for her
outlandish statements and has made plenty of appearances on talk shows to talk
about the current issues the Trump administration is facing. Then we have Steve
Bannon, who like Conway and Trump is an outsider to the political world, but nevertheless
serving as Trumps chief strategist. Bannon represents the Trump campaign in his
business savvy ways and erratic behavior. He makes perfect sense for a campaign
that is full of optimism and is focusing most of its energy on the business
sides of the political world.
Videos- Conway- https://youtu.be/g-w16cyQ8wQ
Bannon- https://youtu.be/ZrnPRxdtMsY
It is interesting to me how much Trump is able to get away with saying. I wonder why he is able to recover from such controversial statements but when Obama admitted to smoking weed he was persecuted publicly. What is your theory on this?
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ReplyDeleteThis is a very strong publication. I think why Trump can get away with saying what he does and posting what he wants on social media is due to what you said in your first few sentences. One thing to always remember is power resides where people believe it resides. Donald Trump is a power figure from his power suites to the oval office everything he does shows confidence in power helping him to get away with whatever he wants.
ReplyDeleteThis is very well put and I like how you emphasized race when it comes to Trump's weaknesses. After everything Trump has said and the things he's been involved with it is hard to imagine he still got elected. However, this does show that people often vote based on different issues.
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