Okay, so I ask this question to you half knowing the answer. Why do people hate Donald Trump? I am from the UK and don’t take much notice of American politics however since the Trump/ Clinton campaigns in 2016, it was hard not to notice what was going on. Don’t mistake my view, I am not pro-Trump. I don’t feel anything towards him neither good or bad.
Since Trump was elected, I’ve heard all the usual complaints. Racist, hates women, Russia helped him, hates Muslims. Those seem to be the biggest complaints and the reasons so many ordinary people and media slate him as an almost evil man. So I explored this.
First the racism thing against Mexicans. Correct me if I’m wrong, but people he said “He said that Mexicans and rapists and murderers”. Well, if you arrest hundreds of Mexican’s crossing the border who are illegal, are they not a problem? Trump was only talking about “some” of the Mexican immigrants, he also stated in the same sentence “some, I assume, are good people”. So basically he said some Mexican immigrants, illegal and legal, have been arrested and charged with murder, drug related crimes and rape. I know myself that Trump isn’t great with words so he says things very bluntly. I know it’s not politically correct to say it bluntly but is he not saying the truth? That some Mexicans are good, some are bad? He just seems brave enough to say it. Is it really racist to say that if the stats back it up? Personally, I don’t nuy into the argument that this was racist. Selective, of course but not racist. After all, every nation on earth has rapists, murderers, paedophiles, fraudsters, drug dealers etc. It says something however, that Mexico has a huge problem with drugs and murder. So it shou,don’t be surprising that once “some”Mexicans cross the border, murder can possibly follow. After all, Mexico led the world in murder stats. There were 18,000+ Murders in Mexico in 2015, which was a record. Surpassed by 2016 stats of nearly 23,000 murders which was second in the world to only war-torn Syria. It’s also worth noting that 98% of crimes in Mexico go unpunished. Borderhoping to America is just one of those reasons (as well as the other corrupt reasons). Mexico is also one of the drug capitals of the world, with its famous drug running cartels. So really, how terrible was it for Trump to say that bad people, as well as good people cross the border. I don’t thinks it’s racist, I just think he was too blunt for the sjw of the world.
Trump has also mentioned black crime, and been accused of being racist for it. However black crime is a huge problem in America. I feel that if these discussions are not had at itself is self harming to your country. It is not a lie and it is not racist to say that, according to the FBI crime stats, that black people are 27 times more likely to attack’s white people than vice versa and 8 times more likely to attack Hispanics than vice versa. 90% of all black people who are murdered, are murdered by other black people. There is a culture of crime in black neighbourhoods all over the country it seems and I don’t think it’s rscist to have a serious discussion on an obvious problem, it’s not racist when stats show a problem to say the stat. Again I think it’s more his wording. But I just don’t see it as racist to have a discussion if there are stats overwhelmingly in favour of a problem. I have a serious issue with any racism, two of my three best friends are black so it is a sensitive subject to me personally.
So I ruled out racism as a valid reason for hating Trump, completely. Saying some Mexicans who enter America are good and some are bad just doesn’t cut it with me. But I understand why the PC elite and sjw jump on it and convince themselves he is racist, I just don’t agree.
So then I looked into why he is called a woman hater. I saw that this came about recently when many many years ago, while he thought he wasn’t being recorded he said some degrading thing about his attitude to women. He brushed this off as “locker room” talk. What he said was not right, and if he ever did what he said he did then it would be disgusting. But, especially during a time where sexual predators in Hollywood are being outed, if he did those thing there would be a queue of women I’m sure screaming sexual assault. I’ve been in the pub with guys and heard many “locker room” talk type conversations. Rightly or wrongly, mostly wongly, it’s what a lot of guys do. Although distasteful I don’t think the person HATES women, or DESPISES women. It’s ridiculous to suggest. It’s simoly just an idiot with an idiot view. If anyone thinks that Trump genuinely HATES AND DESPISES women then you’re kidding yourself to suit your anti-Trump agenda. One comment, many years ago, off the record. SERIOUSLY???? That’s what the women have against Trump? Bizarre. This outrage culture makes me want to jump off a bridge because I don’t want to live in this kind of society.
Also, did Russia interfere in the election? Well, they didn’t mess with votes clearly but did they help with anti-Hilary propaganda? Who knows. Did a Trump know of this help? Who knows. But there is no clear way to know what difference it made. Personally I think people voted for Donald Trump because of the things he said, what his policies are. Did Russia sincerely affect the outcome? I don’t think so.
And finally one of the big reasons for his criticism. He hates Muslims, apparently. This I feel is the most outraged out of all the claims.
In May 2011, two Al Qaeda fighters where found and caught in Kentucky. They had used travel visas from Iraq. In response, Barack Obama enforced a 6 month travel ban on Iraq. Nothing was mentioned in the press. No criticism from the anyone, at all. During the remainder of Obama’s presidency, he drew up a list of 7 nations who he felt where the most dangerous countries for terror attacks with the intention of imposing travel bans while improved vetting at the border could be imposed. He never got round to enacting this piece of legislation.
When Donald Trump took office, he picked up Obama’s short list, and imposed the same thing Obama imposed in 2011 after the two Al qaeda fighters were caught in Kentucky, sort off. And by the way, no where in the executive order was there a mention of the word “Muslim”. It simply banned travel visas for a period of 90 days of citizens from 7 (Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen) countries who are Muslim majority countries, countries who are labelled as the 7 most dangerous for terror threats to USA. The executive order goal was to improve vetting on the border to ensure terrorists did not enter America and so for a period of 90 days, citizens from those countries temporarily could not enter. And unlike when this order was applied to Iraq in 2011 by Obama, when Trump tried to impose this in 2017, there was an absolute outrage. “Trump bans Muslims from entering America because he is Islamaphobic” was the cry. Some may wonder why the same accusation wasn’t lambasted at Obama in 2011 when he banned Iraqis from entering America for 180 days for the exact same reason Trump ordered.
To me, this ridiculous propaganda of Trump hating and banning Muslims from America is outright lies at worst, and hypocrisy at best.
So after half following the Trump witch hunt for the last 2 years, and recent research, as well as watching some hilarious YouTube videos where educated comedic reporters ask citizens why they hate trump the completely rebuke all accusations made against trump ( it was also amazing watching some Americans, when asked why they hate trump and they answered the usual “racist, hateswomen, banned Muslims” accusation, when they were asked why he was those things, the high majority didn’t know why. They just knew the headline without the story).
Therefore, I, not outraged or disgusted with Trump. Because I genuinely don’t see why he could be called racist, I don’t see how he can be called sexist or a hater of women, I don’t see how he can be called Islamaphobic just for ordering a 90 day ban for security review. I just don’t get it.
Many people would be outraged by what I’ve said, as that is the culture of today. I am a realist, which is the enemy to SJW who don’t like facts.
I hope no one has been offended by this post, but especially with the improv,met with the US economy and tax reforms being made. I don’t really see anything Trump has done wrong.