A textbook narcissist, a blatant racist, a hate mongrel, a conman, and a misogynist with fascist tendencies – words I would’ve never in my life used to describe a republican nominee or past republican president. They’re words millions of people have readily adopted into their conversation as soon as there’s a mention of him. Attitudes have changed because the whole dynamic has changed, because what is at stake this election is so much bigger than a preference over the size of government, social welfare, and gun rights. Tsar Trump is what is looming over our electoral horizon, threatening the values that this country was built on and our national respectability.
He is the antithesis of everything we represent, a Youtube comment section brought to life almost. But no matter what treasonous or good old fashioned 1950s racist remark he spews next, he will continue to rise in the polls steady as he has. No one said it better than himself – “I could shoot people in streets and not lose support.” He’s not funny, he’s not making any intelligent/biting comments about the “PC” world, and he certainly hasn’t got the humanity, preparation or capacity fulfill the highest order in our country. So if you think you’re ‘sticking it’ to the establishment or ‘SJW’ by voting for him I’ve got news for you – you’re an economically and politically illiterate moron and you’re driving an entire country into the ground. If you support him for being a “successful businessman” and for being “anti- establishment”, I’ve also got news for you – he’s neither of those things. Also, voting just against Hillary because she’s not a pure progressive is like drinking bleach if your favorite drink isn’t available. Hopefully, this article will help edgy, privileged, apathetic people (probably not!) understand just what an egregious, insolent, despot this man would be as president and reveal him as the con artist he is. Because to stay silent is to enable to the possibility of an Idiocracy.
I’d like to start off by mentioning the classic “Fourteen Defining Characteristics Of Fascism” from Dr. Lawrence Britt. I know this comparison has been drawn a million and one times, and I would normally refrain from writing about something so hackneyed if it didn’t eerily ring so true.
“ 1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism 2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights 3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause 4. Supremacy of the Military 5. Rampant Sexism 6. Controlled Mass Media 7. Obsession with National Security 8. Religion and Government are Intertwined 9. Corporate Power is Protected 10. Labor Power is Suppressed 11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts 12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment 13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption 14. Fraudulent Elections:
Obviously, all don’t apply because we’re talking about a person here but hell, are a whole lot of them spot on! (We’re really just touching the surface here.)
- Powerful and Continuing Nationalism: See “Make America Great Again”, this crazy North Korea type video (the kids were never paid), constant empty rhetoric such as “We’re gonna win, we’re gonna win big.” Former KKK wizard David Duke champions him for his nationalism bordering on nativism –he was “overjoyed” to see the businessman’s campaign “embrace most of the issues that I’ve championed for years,” including the nationalist and protectionist notion of “America First.” It all really narrows down to Nativism; despite illegal immigration negative, his fear-mongering paints it as an epidemic. He does believe the 14th amendment should be repealed.
- Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights/Obsession with Crime and Punishment:”Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.”
This can easily be tied back to his foreign policy wanting to commit the war crime of killing terrorist families, wanting to preserve Guantanamo and ‘load it up’ even further, and approving of torture methods such as waterboarding and others ‘even worse’. All for our own safety against the evil Middle East. Despite this violating international laws and federal anti-torture statutes. Military leaders themselves have come out and said that they don’t support torture and that it violates international agreements that the United States has signed. Furthermore, he has consistently encouraged violence at his rallies and egged on his supporters to beat up the peaceful: see “..knock the crap out of them.I promise you, I’ll pay the legal fees.” , “Maybe he should have been roughed up.”, and the classic “I’d like to punch him in the face.”
- Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats: “The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.” His disparaging comment.” He has called for a database to track Muslims – yes like they’re animals with total disregard to human rights or any decency. Something completely out of an Orwellian novel. Has called for banning mosques and banning Muslims altogether from entering the United States. Donald Trump has made Mexicans and Muslims a scapegoat for the country’s problems. We all heard him call Mexicans (yes MEXICANS he never said ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS) drug traffickers, criminals, and rapists in his presidential announcement :“The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else’s problems. When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” Spreading such FACTUALLY WRONG hateful rhetoric against an ethnic group has ignited hate-crimes abound. A Latino homeless man was beaten in his name . At an elementary school soccer game, girls yelled, “Donald Trump, build that wall!” at Latina students on the the field and racial slurs were also spewed. This is the kind of racial division he’s igniting, and casual racism he’s establishing as a norm. Now tell me, is a total disregard for our Ninth Amendment, establishment clause, the 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT and premise that “all men are created equal” American, much more – presidential??? His dictatorial tendencies have no place in a country so diverse built by such a diverse group of people. What ever happened to “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..”? Not only this, but he wants mass deportations. Trump is trying to empty out the population equivalent of Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico.
- Rampant Sexism:
Shall I start off with the most recent and most DEPLORABLE comments yet: A hot mic that captured him detailing his sexual harassment and predatory behavior towards women in 2005 has been released in which he says the following:
-“And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.Grab them by the p—y,” “You can do anything.”
– “I moved on her and I failed. I’ll admit it,” The tape was recorded several months later being married to his third wife, Melania.” I did try and f— her. She was married,” Trump says.
These are just some of the many irredeemable predatory comments made by a notorious misogynist who has several rape accusations against him and should not be taken lightly. This could be your next president. A despot with no shame or moral compass, who sees women as objects – even his own daughter I might add. He admitted his actions in confidence, actions which fall in line with many women’s accounts. People love him for his honesty and how he tells it “like it is”, well we’ve heard what is deep in his heart what he says when the cameras aren’t there. Yet somehow Mexicans are the rapists ruining the moral fabric of our society, not the old GOP party of child molesters and sleazy thrice married groppers.It’s actually turning out that everything he believes about them is a more accurate description of him. Government leech who doesn’t pay taxes? Check! But more on that later.
Here are more rampantly sexist, vile comments:
– ”When I come home and dinner’s not ready i go through the roof”
-“A person who is flat-chested is very hard to be a 10,” Mr. Trump said to Mr.Stern, also in 2005.”
-Took to Twitter and said: “26,000 unreported sexual assaults in the military-only 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when they put men & women together?”
– Trump spoke to Esquire magazine about the media: “You know, it doesn’t really matter what [they] write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass.”
-On tough questions from Megyn Kelly, “You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. There was blood coming out of her wherever,” Mr. Trump said after a Fox News debate in 2015, in an interview with CNN.
-“Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president? I mean, she’s a woman, and I’m not supposed to say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?” Mr. Trump, referring to Carly Fiorina, in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in 2015.
-He retweeted a meme making fun of Ted Cruz’s wife, Heidi Cruz using an unflattering photo
-Donald Trump: “Pregnancy is never–it’s a wonderful thing for the woman. It’s a wonderful thing for the husband. It’s certainly an inconvenience for a business…And whether people want to say that or not, the fact is it is an inconvenience for a person that is running a business.” NBC’s Dateline, October 2004
-”She was favored to win — and she got schlonged, she lost, I mean she lost,” Trump said, using a vulgar Yiddish word for a man’s penis.
-Called Rosie O’Donnell a fat, ugly, slob
-Called Alicia Machado “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping”.
– He supports Roger Ailes who’s been accused by 25 women of sexual harassment
He has a history of sexual assault, and many of these women’s accounts fall in line with Trump’s comments in the leaked Access Hollywood tapes:
-The child rape case filed against him is back on
– In the 90’s his ex-wife accused him of rape
-In 1993 he was sued for sexual harassment
-Erin Burnett reports Donald Trump kissed her friend without consent: “Trump took Tic Tacs..Then leaned in … catching me off guard and kissed me.”
–Donald J. Trump had barely met Rowanne Brewer Lane when he took her into Ivanka’s bedroom and asked her to change into a bikini
-Temple Taggart, the 21-year-old Miss Utah, says that in 1997: “He kissed me directly on the lips. I thought, “Oh my God, gross.” He was married to Marla Maples at the time. I think there were a few other girls that he kissed on the mouth. I was like “Wow, that’s inappropriate.”
– “That must be a pretty picture, you dropping to your knees,” he told a female contestant on “The Celebrity Apprentice.”
The list goes on and on.
–Trump also brags that he liked to sneak backstage while the Miss Universe contestants were naked to “inspect” them:
I used to ask myself the question would he let people speak to his daughters or wife that way?
-Actually yes: Trump told Howard Stern that it was ok to call his daughter Ivanka “a piece of ass.” But please do keep touting around how much your father “respects women” you sell-out.
- Controlled Mass Media: He has blacklisted many media outlets, called for ‘close the internet’ with Bill Gates help (MAJOR LOL’s), and shuts down press at his events or puts them in a pen like animals. If major censorship isn’t fascism at it’s worst then I don’t know what is and don’t want to know what it would look like with him as president.
- Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts: Well, he did say, “I love the poorly educated.”
Outside of this, he has asserted his confidence that as president he would force military would obey his orders to commit war crimes (such as killing terrorists’ families). “They’re not going to refuse me. If I say do it, they’re going to do it.” (But we’ll get into the grittiness of his relationship with the U.S. military later). Lastly, Trump promises to restore the nation to its “greatness” not by a series of policies (till this day he has no plan for taking out ISIS), but by his personality. If all of this doesn’t display dictatorial tendencies then I don’t know what does.
Shall we start off with by debunking the four most common misconceptions about him propagated by those on the fence? You either know someone or are someone who overlooks his many outrageous policy proposals because of a belief one of the following:
Misconception #1: He’s a successful, self-made businessman that will help average, middle-class Americans.
-Reality: Donald J. Trump did not create his fortune, he merely inherited it. On top of his “small loan” of $6.8 million in today’s dollars, he got control of his father’s company, and a roughly $200 million dollar inheritance. He was launched into life with ‘yhuuuuuge’ financial cushions, so big that failure would have been harder to achieve. How self-made of him.His tone-deafness and ‘out of touchness’ with the American people really shows. Furthermore, if he had put all of his inheritance in an (S&P 500) index fund in 1982, he’d be worth even more than he is today. Donald doesn’t own most buildings, he just sells his name to them. So far, this highlights just how little effort he put to be where he brags about being, but most disastrous are his SIX bankruptcies. Bankruptcies which he brags about. Yes, SIX TIMES. He’s said that he was just using “brilliantly, the laws of the country” to his advantage. When a billionaire takes advantage of the government, it’s just good business. When a poor person does they’re “moochers”. Furthermore, he hasn’t released his tax returns meaning he’s either lying about his net worth or hasn’t paid taxes for god knows how long. This should cause anyone to question his skewed values and morality. He doesn’t pay taxes and wants to lower them, yet plans to have massive military spending, build an enormous wall, and reduce the national debt! Where is all this money coming from? Does he plan on just filing chapter 11 on the U.S. debt? These are all questions I have definite answers to from his own mouth further down. Stick around to find out!
Misconception #2: He’s “anti-establishment”
He’s honest. He tells it like it is. He’s not politically correct and most of all he’s not a bought-out career politician. Did a face come to mind? If it was spray-tanned to a finish the complexion of a Cheeto, and sported an animal on it’s head – spare your vote this November. Being open about being an asshole does not mean he’s funded his own campaign. He has always taken donations, agreed with corporate interests, and currently has super PACs. Not to mention how entangled with the establishment he’s been, considering his long history of donations to politicians such as Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and *gasp* Hillary Clinton. Yes, in fact, he’s donated $100,000 to crooked Hillary. In 2008, he even went as far to say that Clinton would “make a good president.” Sorry kids, it’s all a persona used to lure in tea-partiers and disgruntled millennial Bernie supporters. Inexperience is also no virtue.
Misconception #3: It’s all a facade and he won’t be so radical in office.
The most amusing part about this has got to be the fact that it (most often) comes from people who think Hillary Clinton’s progressive promises are all lies and she’ll actually start WWIII, but somehow Trump’s own verbatim is simply “rhetoric.” When has a candidate done a complete 180 once in office? It’s just such lazy wish-casting thinking. Trump’s character and policy proposals are outrageous. But we should give him a chance because, in addition, he is inexperienced? The lives of 300 million Americans are not something to be played with.
Misconception #4: “Well at least he’s not a war hawk like Hillary.”
Trump is further right than Hillary on foreign policy. Actually, it is widely known that Trump supported the Iraq war before it was unpopular to do so back in 2002. He was just lucky enough to not be in a position of public service to have that fact ingrained in everyone’s mind. Like mentioned before, he wants to just bomb the hell out of Middle Eastern countries, take their oil, and kill terrorist families. What a dove.
Now time for the fun part. Here come the most heinous of his proposals, actions, and beliefs that only someone on the caliber of an absolute despot could be capable of. Organized into helpful little subsections!
Trump on the economy:
-To top of his absolute incompetence and the long growing list of impossible assertions, he’s said that he can eliminate the $19 trillion U.S. national debt in 8 years. Not even the deficit, he said the DEBT. Not only is this obviously impossible under the high tax rates of the left often calls for, but we’d have to spend half as much a year as we do now. Spending 2 trillion a year instead of four, all while cutting taxes. The absolute genius! Someone show him to the next open economics 101 class.
-He wants to default the U.S. national debt.Yes, just do his signature chapter 11 move. On the United States debt. Not fully repaying investors in U.S. Treasuries has been justly called insane by top economic fellows.
-When asked how he would manage the national debt he literally said the U.S. never has to default “because you print the money”. That’s right you just print out more money, no this was not said by a 5th grader, and couldn’t be more outta a satire of American politics if he tried.
––Thinks wages are “too high”, and should be lowered See: ““Our wages are too high. I think having a low minimum wage is not a bad thing for this country.” Sounds like a depression waiting to happen.
-Thinks the unemployment rate of 5.6% is manipulated for political purposes and thinks that “Our real unemployment is anywhere from 18 to 20 percent,”Most recently he’s said it “may be 42%”. During the height of the Great Depression in 1933, it was 25%. Somehow crooked politicians are hiding the REAL numbers. That brings to question – is he going senile? Does he even know what such a thing as a ‘work force’ is? Is this entire election just one big troll? I have almost have no words.
-By giving $7 trillion tax cuts to millionaires and $5 trillion of tax cuts to corporations, the national debt would increase by $34 trillion over the next 20 years under a Trump presidency. That’s right “the king of debt” would make it so that everyone in America would be under $100,000 of debt.
-The aftermath of a Trump presidency would be: 3.5 million fewer jobs, unemployment rate rises to as high as 7%,the average American household’s after-inflation income will stagnate, and stock prices and real house values will decline.
From not understanding basic things such as the national debt, U.S. Treasuries, inflation, to wanting to lower the already ridiculous minimum wage (that hasn’t kept up with inflation), denying outright facts, and wanting to enact a disastrous economic plan. Donald Trump will ensure the demise of the already struggling U.S. economy and put us in the worst economic recession since the Great Depression. What we need surely is someone who outsources all his jobs, lays off thousands in careless bankruptcies, scams contractors, and preys off financial crisis such as the one in 2008. Elizabeth Warren put it best:
“When the economy is in this kind of trouble, calling on Donald Trump for help is like if your house is on fire calling an arsonist to come help out.”
Trump’s history as a con artist/fraud:
So about Trump rooting for an economic crisis…….
–“I sort of hope that happens because then people like me would go in and buy,” Trump said in a 2006 audiobook from Trump University, answering a question about “gloomy predictions that the real estate market is heading for a spectacular crash.” Later saying “If there is a bubble burst, as they call it, you know you can make a lot of money..If you’re in a good cash position — which I’m in a good cash position today –– then people like me would go in and buy like crazy.”
–“People have been talking about the end of the cycle for 12 years, and I’m excited if it is,’ he told the Globe and Mail in March of 2007. “I’ve always made more money in bad markets than in good markets.”
-Later during the first presidential debate, he doubled down by saying “That’s called business, by the way.”
And so he went on to prey on the victims of the financial crisis. But wait – he cares about the American family! Donald Trump, not the hero we needed but the one we deserve.
–Tax returns: It had been speculated that he’s been hiding them either because a) he’s not as rich as he claims to be or b) he doesn’t pay any. Well as it turns out, it’s most likely the latter. The New York Times’ leaked 1995 tax records show that he hasn’t paid federal taxes for 18 years. He even justified his downright corrupt behavior that embodies everything wrong with our current system by saying ““That makes me smart,” during the first debate.
So let’s see, he wants to lower taxes, build a massive $38 billion dollar wall, complains about the country’s subpar infrastructure, wants to bring down the national debt, expand the military, and pushes the fallacy of the tax-avoiding illegal immigrants all while not paying taxes for nearly two decades. The man has no shame or self-awareness, he’s a self-serving egomaniac! The most patriotic thing you can do after serve your country (which he also fervently avoided but now mocks war heroes for) is pay taxes. Donald Trump does not care about taking care of veterans. He’s corrupt and the corruptor. Poor families trying to stay alive are freeloaders, but when the top 1% do it, they’re “brilliantly suing the laws of the country.”
-Trump Foundation: For those whose only claim for their support is that he’s “ not corrupt” well I’ve got news for you – he is the CORRUPTOR. That’s how he got his tax breaks in the first place, by donating to politicians. In this case, the Trump Foundation was being investigated by the New York Attorney General for unlawfully taking money from his charity. Later, even having to pay and IRS penalty for violating tax laws by giving a political contribution to Attorney General of Florida who was set to investigate fraudulent Trump University. She later decided against it, I wonder why..it’s almost like he’s buying influence and physically embodying the extent of cronyism of this country. Earlier this week it was completely called to shut down by the New York attorney general.
-Trump University: A get rich promise targeted to “single parent(s) of three children that may need money for food” turned out to be a get-Donald-Trump-richer scheme from a fraudulent university that is now being sued. This is one of many of Trump’s ploys which targeted the most vulnerable of our society and kicked them down further leaving them with next to nothing.
-Ripped off workers to build his wealth: He stiff hundreds of small businesses, workers, and contractors. Some received as little as 30 cents on the dollar. Edward Friel Jr. was just one of many who was cheated, he landed a $400,000 contract but only received $83,000 after the job was finished. So it’s no surprise that this self-proclaimed savior of the middle class has over 4,000 lawsuits all from average people. He later justified his heinous actions with the juvenile response of “Maybe he didn’t do a good job and I was unsatisfied with his work.”. He really is a sociopath.
-Trump even ripped off children: The patriotic performance put on by a trio of young girls at a Trump rally, never received the $2,500 asked for and their father has now filed a lawsuit against him.
– Stole donations meant for veterans: He raised $6 million “for veterans” and never paid groups in full. They only received $2.4 million.
– Hypocritical business practices:
-His main campaign motto is “bringing back jobs to America.” Yet Trump outsources for nearly all of his products! He makes his shirts in Bangladesh (where he pays workers 30 cents an hour.) Neckties are made in China,suits are made in Mexico and India, vodka in the Netherlands
-Trump hired illegal Polish immigrants to build the Trump tower knowingly. “The employees were off-the-books, working 12-hour shifts seven days a week for $4 to $5 an hour, with no overtime. Some workers were never paid what they were owed.”
Trump on foreign policy:
Let’s begin by establishing his relationship with other nations.
-He’s made million dollar business deals with Saudi Arabia, (even with Osama Bin Laden’s half-brother). Donald has even had a Saudi prince “bail him out twice”. Yet he scolds Hillary for her donations and blames the country for 9/11.
-Moving on to Russia. Donald Trump notoriously loves dictators, but does he actually have ties in some of these countries? The answer is yes. He’s received funding from Russian investors after American banks stopped lending to him following his many bankruptcies.
So where do his loyalties lie? Are we supposed to trust a two-faced politician? We’ve all seen how The Dark Knight turns out. Now onto the insubstantial substance of Trump’s:
-Treasonous Trump called for Russia to hack the U.S. government: “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing…” Is he clueless about the fact that he broke numerous federal laws by calling on a foreign government to engage in espionage against the U.S.? By the country’s long-time enemy? This may be the worst condemnation of his character and capacity to run a country. The last thing we need is is the most impulsive sociopath of all sociopaths to lead us into WWIII.
–Loves dictators:On Putin: “He’s running his country and at least he’s a leader, unlike what we have in this country.” In fact, he’s had nothing but praise for him since 2007.
–Loves dictators pt. 2: On Sadaam Hussein: Trump said Saddam Hussein “did well. He killed terrorists.” Tsar Trump is actually praising someone who actively sponsored terrorism and simply murdered anyone he didn’t like. If Trump loves undemocratic, authoritarian diplomacy so much maybe he should move to the middle-east and have at it.
Trump’s praise of strongmen knows no bounds. It’s where he takes inspiration, hence his terets-like outbursts of “LOW-ENERGY” and “strength and stamina.” But it turns out Donald’s love isn’t unrequited, Putin’s called Donald “brilliant”. That should be disqualifying enough on its own.
–Dictators love him: He’s been praised by the North Korean government. Again, that should be disqualifying on its own.
–Nukes:
-Would nuke the Middle East, “Let me explain. Somebody hits us within ISIS — you wouldn’t fight back with a nuke?
-Went on to say why have nuclear weapons if you’re not gonna use them: “Then why are we making them? Why do we make them?”
-Would nuke Europe if necessary: “Europe is a big place. I’m not going to take cards off the table. We have nuclear capability.”
–Said we needed to be “unpredictable” with nuclear weapons: “And I wouldn’t want to say — even if I felt it wasn’t going — — I wouldn’t want to tell you that… because, at a minimum, I want them to think maybe we would use it, OK?
–Doesn’t know what the nuclear triad is
And much, much more. A man with such a cavalier attitude about weapons of mass destruction is bound to be Hitler 2.0 in office.
–Trump supported the disastrous Iraq war before it became unpopular to do so in 2002
– Wants to go to war with Iran over gesture: “And by the way, with Iran, when they circle our beautiful destroyers with their little boats and they make gestures that our people — that they shouldn’t be allowed to make, they will be shot out of the water,”
–Wants disastrous trade wars: Trump has called for 45% across-the-board tariff on manufactured imports from China, and 35% on goods made in Mexico (he would have to tariff his own goods!) Tariffs would end up imposing a tax on households and companies of 1.8% which could cause a recession. Also, more than one-half of U.S. imports from China and three-quarters of U.S. imports from Mexico are capital goods and intermediate goods that American firms need for their own production. Shrinking these imports would be damaging U.S. firms, reducing long-term growth and destroying jobs. Oh the hero of the middle-class.
–Wants to build ruin the relationship with our Mexican ally by building a $38 billion dollar wall: It would be the most expensive infrastructure built in history. Not only is this monetarily not plausible – to build or to even upkeep – but it wouldn’t work. It’s estimated nearly half of illegal immigrants enter the country through a LEGAL PORT OF ENTRY and simply overstay their visas. This kills two talking points with one stone as it also proves they have been probed for a criminal background. Not to mention that immigration is net negative. A wall is nothing more than an ideological security blanket for those whose brains have been enslaved by the fear-mongering right-wing media. It does nothing to address the actual diplomatic problem of illegal immigration and is an easy “solution” for someone as politically illiterate as Trump.
– Wants to kill terrorist families aka civilians: “The other thing with the terrorists is you have to take out their families, when you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families.”
–Wants to ban Muslims from entering the country: “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on,” a campaign press release said.
By doing this how are we any different than the theocratic countries we fight against to “bring democracy?” This is by far unconstitutional. Proposals like these injure our relationship with our allies who are trying to fight along with us. They 1) push them back to terrorist war zones where because of their destitute living face the probability of recruitment and 2) confirm the terrorists’ propaganda about Westerners….
–In fact, ISIS uses Donald Trump in recruitment videos: How are we supposed to bomb an ideology away if our own president would be making the terrorist organization GROW?
He has not even a rudimentary understanding of the world around us or how to tackle our toughest issues. Most of all, Donald J. Drumpf has no plan to defeat the biggest threat to our modern society, but more on that on the following section.
Trump on policy proposals/substance:
What Donald Trump lacks in substance he makes up in rhetoric. And he is simply devoid of substance so…Remember when I said he planned to restore America to its greatness not by a series of policy proposals but by his cult of personality?
–No plan for defeating ISIS:
He insists he has a genius, foolproof plan but he can’t tell anybody because it’s a secret for months.
-“If I run, and If I win, I don’t want the enemy to know what I’m doing. Unfortunately, I’ll probably have to tell at some point, but there is a method of defeating them quickly and effectively and having total victory.”
-” I have a simple message for them. Their days are numbered. I won’t tell them where and I won’t tell them how. We must…we must as a nation be more unpredictable. We are totally predictable. We tell everything. We’re sending troops. We tell them. We’re sending something else. We have a news conference. We have to be unpredictable. And we have to be unpredictable starting now.
-”I do know what to do and I would know how to bring ISIS to the table or, beyond that, defeat ISIS very quickly…And I’m not gonna tell you what it is tonight.”
-”There is a way of beating ISIS so easily, so quickly, so effectively, and it would be so nice…. I know a way that would absolutely give us guaranteed victory … The problem is then everybody will take the idea, run with it and then people will forget where it came from…. I ran it past two or three people. [It’s] so simple. It’s like the paper clip. You know, somebody came up with the idea of the paper clip and made a lot of money and everybody’s saying, ‘Boy, why didn’t I think of that, that was so simple.’ This is so simple, so surgical, it would be an unbelievable thing. Now, I’ve been around saying this, you would think somebody from the administration would at least would call me and say, ‘Hey, could you tell us what it is?’ It happens to be a great idea. But at the right time, I guess I’ll give it.”
Then he goes on to say he’s gonna simply adopt a plan from “top generals” once he’s elected like it’s a high school project. Which a retired general has called “sophomoric” and said it shows a “complete lack of understanding of the threat and the ways to fight it.”
-“I am also going to convene my top generals and give them a simple instruction: They will have 30 days to submit to the Oval Office a plan for defeating ISIS,”
Finally, with a slip of the tongue he admits he has no plan:
-Lauer: So, is the plan you’ve been hiding this whole time asking someone else for their plan? Trump: No. But when I do come up with a plan that I like, and that perhaps agrees with mine — or maybe doesn’t — I may love what the generals come back with… Lauer: But you have your own plan? Trump: I have a plan, but I don’t wanna..”
The few policy proposals he did have were ones the Obama administration had already been doing such as partnering with Jordan and Egypt, working with NATO, cutting off ISIS funding, cyber warfare against ISIS, and decimating al Qaeda.” But somehow Obama doesn’t do enough to defeat radical Islam. Either way, this complete sideshow of a candidate wants votes but won’t release policy plans voters can get behind on. Are people supposed to vote for him on a whim? Well you just have to TRUST HIM (I’m pretty sure his mantra is something sociopaths say.) His plan for ISIS – or lack thereof – is just the foolproof Donald Trump way of making money enacted on to policy. Announce you have a foolproof plan, get people to invest in the risky idea and if it works, he pays out. If his risky idea fails, Donald Trump declares bankruptcy. Sadly running the country isn’t like running Trump University or running a casino.
Trump has a plan like your friend really does have a girlfriend. You just can’t meet her because she lives all the way across the country and she’s a busy..uhh doctor.
-He doesn’t have a plan to revive the economy: Take this excerpt from CNN. ”Another voter pressed him on whether voters should simply believe that he will revive the economy based on his last name, or whether he has any specific plans to address economic challenges. “I think they should,” Trump said of voters electing him based on his name, adding that he would renegotiate trade deals involving the U.S. and bring jobs back. “But how?” the 21-year-old college student and entrepreneur asked again. Trump didn’t get more specific beyond explaining that he plans to lower taxes and renegotiate trade deals.
–Doesn’t have a plan for his proposed mass deportation: That’s why in the first debate he was totally devoid of substance: Let’s look at another perfect excerpt from CNN. “Trump didn’t explain exactly how he would deport the estimated 11 million undocumented people living in the U.S., simply pointing to his managerial skills.”
What a GUY! This explains his terrible debate performance. “How will you stop money from influencing politics?” “Defeat Crooked Hillary!” “How will you ISIS?” “We need to be vigilant!” “How will better the education system?” “I love education tremendously!”
Trump’s racism/xenophobia:
On “the blacks”:
-” Black guys counting my money! I hate it.”
-”I think that the guy is lazy. And it’s probably not his fault because laziness is a trait in blacks. It really is, I believe that. It’s not something they can control.”
-His pitch for the black vote to a crowd full of white people: “What do you have to lose by trying something new like Trump? What do you have to lose?You live in your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is unemployed. What the hell do you have to lose?”
–Retweet neo-nazi false crime statistic reports saying that white victims are murdered by black people 81% of the time.
-Started birther movement
–Sued by the Justice Department twice for not renting to blacks.
On Muslims:
-Has called for tracking them using a database, shutting down mosques, and banning Muslims altogether from entering the country.
On Mexicans:
-“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”
–“If you go to Fusion, you will see a story: About 80% of the women coming in, you know who owns Fusion? Univision! Go to Fusion and pick up the stories of rape. It’s unbelievable when you look at what’s going on. So all I’m doing is telling the truth,” Trump said. Lemon replied that the press stories are about women being raped, but not about criminals coming across the border. “Well, somebody’s doing the raping, Don! I mean somebody’s doing it! Who’s doing the raping? Who’s doing the raping?” he asked.
– Called 1996 Latina Miss Universe “Miss Housekeeping”
-Said federal Judge Fonzalo Curiel who was presiding over a Trump University lawsuit was unqualified to do his job because of an “inherent conflict of interest” due to his Mexican heritage
–Wants to repeal the 14th amendment
Not only is he factually wrong but the irony is richer than he is. Claims Mexicans are rapists, but he has multiple lawsuits from women claiming sexual assault and multiple tapes where he proudly details his predatory behavior leading to assault have surfaced. He pushes the narrative of the tax-avoiding illegal, yet they pay more taxes than he does! But I digress, for actual debunking with cold hard statistics take a look at this article.
Trumpisms:
–Made an appeal for the assassination of his presidential opponent to his rabid supporters: ““If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people — maybe there is, I don’t know.” Classic dog-whistle politics taken to the most reprehensible level.
–Has the audacity to disrespect P.O.W.: He said that John McCain was “not a war hero” and “I like people that weren’t captured, OK?” The disgust grows once you remember that Donald J. Trump avoided the military draft for Vietnam with phony medical waivers.
–Mocked disabled reporter:“Now the poor guy, you’ve got to see this guy: ‘Uhh, I don’t know what I said. I don’t remember,'” Trump said during a rally as he flailed his arms awkwardly.
-“The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.” I imagine his tweet writing process goes something like this: *spins buzzword wheel* “global warming” was created by *spins again* “Chinese” for *spins a third time* “U.S. manufacturing.”
–Made up the name of a nonexistent federal agency he would get rid of as president – the Department of Environmental.
-In addition to his long list of conspiracy theories he claims Muslims cheered after 9/11
-That there was no drought in California
–Donald Trump’s ex-wife once said Trump kept a book of Hitler’s speeches by his bed
-Woke up at 3 am to tweet about Miss Universe. He’s absolutely unhinged.
-Bragged about not paying taxes: Said “That makes me smart,” in response to Hillary’s now proven claim that he doesn’t pay taxes.
–Defended his small hands and made a comment about his genitalia to show off his excellent presidential temper.
– Congratulated himself after Orlando shooting: “Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism, I don’t want congrats, I want toughness & vigilance. We must be smart!” Because the first thing you do after the most deadly mass shooting is “appreciate the congrats.” His lunacy knows no bounds.
–As 3,000 people were dying he bragged about having the second tallest building in Manhattan: “Wall Street actually was the second-tallest building in downtown Manhattan, and it was actually, before the World Trade Center, was the tallest—and then, when they built the World Trade Center, it became known as the second-tallest. And now it’s the tallest.”
This could be your next president. If you’ve lauded him for being honest then don’t blow off his words when “speaks his mind”; he’s shown you his heart. You’ve now seen what a disaster both diplomatically and economically he would be for this country. The example he would set for this generation of children. The person who’s reached the highest bar in this country would be an irreverent, inexperienced, shameless rampant misogynist, open racist, nativist, professional con artist, and out-of-touch racist who mercilessly preys on the most vulnerable in our society. Whose narcissistic personality disorder causes him to see those he perceives as below him as disposable hence his cavalier attitude about nuclear arsenal. Trump has less respect for the people – flouting those he perceives as weak such as the disabled, war heroes, and women. He is someone who has no respect for the laws of our country or even the supreme law of the land. His tax returns, call to repeal the 14th amendment, disrespect for generals/call for them to commit war crimes, and Orwellian-like proposal to track human beings of a certain religion have all shown this. His actions display just how much he cares about helping the middle-class in the United States of America – from targeting the poor through Trump University, to outsourcing, to stiffing those who built his wealth, and rooting for economic recessions. There is no reason why a man completely unhinged from reality with a head full of conspiracies, false promises, and regard for authoritarians should hold the highest office in our land.
Donald J. Trump is completely devoid of substance and appears to be utterly economically and politically illiterate. On top of this, cheated the tax system for two decades and sexually assaults women thus confusing his own personal follies with other’s by scapegoating undocumented immigrants. By far, he is the most unqualified candidate we’ve ever had in the history of the United States. This November don’t vote for the denigration of the world power as we know it, vote for experience, common sense, and vote for the wellbeing of the men and women of this country. Our civic duty is to revoke the absolute caricature of American politics that is Donald Trump. And remember, if you don’t vote for the lesser of evils, you’re voting for the greater of them. It’s more than about party lines, it’s about being a decent, logical human being with some kind of moral compass.
Because after witnessing his rise I finally understand how Hitler came to power. So don’t believe the soundbite, do research, and most importantly vote. Don’t be an architect of your own misery by sitting out or throwing away your vote. Most importantly don’t let history repeat itself by electing a fascist demagogue.
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