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The Impact of Donald Trump on America



Donald Trump claims that he has done more for the black community than any President since Abraham Lincoln. This is a very bold statement; but whether you agree or disagree the one thing that is certain is that since Lincoln's Presidency, never has the nation been as divided as it is now under the Trump administration.  

What this Presidency has done is test the resolve of human decency. What is at stake in America is not so much about policies but how we as individuals see our fellow man. This presidency has done away with the middle ground. It has evolved into a world of extremes where one is either part of one viewpoint or the other with very little room for an in between. The support of Trump is viewed by its opposition as a negation of human rights, of bigotry, and of discord. Yet for those who support Trump, anyone who does not is un-American, weak, a communist or socialist. For his supporters, Trump soon stopped being a person and fast became an ideology. He is the voice of like minded people giving validity to things once thought too taboo to speak out loud. But ultimately he represents what is in the heart of the American. And that thing that lies deep in mans heart is fear. 

What the Right Fears

Trump supporters fears inadequacy. They fear losing the American dream. They fear losing elitism as a race and as a country. This fear is born of many things and one of them is ethnocentrism. A lot of Americans feel that America is the hub of the world and that going against the regime of Trump is likened to becoming commonplace. Not a super power, but just another land to be taken advantage of. 


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What The Left Fears

Those who despise Trump fear that they will become modern day slaves. That they will lose the freedom to exist in peace. That they will lose the right to love who they wish regardless of sexual orientation or race. They fear that they will be accosted for being non white, or non Christian, or non hetero. They fear being hunted down by radical whites.

What Trump Represents

It is not Trump that is the problem. He is only a symbol for the millions of people who harbor fear in their hearts. Trump then becomes for one group the person who can save them from their fears of inadequacy and for the other group he is the manifestation of their fears of bondage. Trump plays on these fears for power and for dominance. It is his way. 

The Fix

If we are to heal from this we need a leader that instills confidence in the people that he is on top of the issues that cause both sides their irrational fears. But first we must take ownership in redefining what it means to be Americans. America used to represent a nation of immigrants for immigrants. Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. But with the current administration and its supporters, it is clear that these words no longer ring true. 


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The truth is that America is a melting pot of races, and belief systems. If we proport that we should all follow one mans ideology, in doing so we lose the diversity that is the very strength of America. In this way we become a lesser nation and merely commonplace.


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Author: Michael Pelaez

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