Although I am certain of who I will be voting for in November of this year, I decided to watch Monday night's presidential debate anyway. While most of the time I was cringing, laughing, or swearing at the words and comments that came out of Donald Trump's mouth, one particular comment had my skin crawling.

About forty minutes into the debate, Donald Trump stated, "Our airports are like from a third-world country. You land at Laguardia, you land at Kennedy, LAX, and you come in from Dubai, China, you see these incredible airports and you land, we've become a third-world country."

Donald Trump, you make me sick.

First, for those of you that may be confused, let's define this term. The term "third world country" originated during the Cold War to distinguish nations that were not a part of NATO or the Eastern Bloc. However, the term has since evolved to mean something completely different. A third world country is now defined as a developing nation with high infant mortality, low economic development and high levels of poverty, among other things.

Now let's make some comparisons. In 2015, the United States of America's Gross National Income per capita (the dollar value of a country's final income in a year divided by its population) was estimated to be 56,430 PPP, the second highest in the world. The Central African Republic's estimated GNI in 2015 was 600 PPP (The World Bank). In 2013, the United States was estimated to have 28 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. The Central African Republic had 880 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Between 2005 and 2014, 95.1% of women and 94.8 percent of males in the United States had received secondary education (The United Nations Development Programme). 10.1 percent of females and 26.7 percent of males had received secondary education in the Central African Republic (The United Nations Development Programme). In 2015, 13.5 percent of people were estimated to be living below the poverty line in the United States (The United States Census Bureau). In 2008, 62 percent of people were estimated to be living in poverty in the Central Africa Republic (The World Bank). The Central African Republic was one of many countries that could've been chosen to represent statistics from a third world country. The US ranked among the highest and well off in each and every category chosen.

Now Donald. Let's circle back to your original statement.

"Our airports are like from a third-world country. You land at Laguardia..."

"you land at Kennedy..."

"LAX..."

"we've become a third world country."

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Here are some photos that were taken in 2014 at the Bangui M'Polo International Airport in the Central African Republic.

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I imagine it's hard to understand the struggles people face across the world when you've bounced between six or more estates all of your life, one of which looking like this:

While those in the Central Republic of Africa and other third world countries live in places like this:

The goal of this article was not to diminish the problems, inequalities, or hardships that thousands of people in the United States face daily. It was to expose the immeasurable amounts of privilege Donald Trump and his family flaunt on a daily basis, not to mention his ignorance of such an important topic. I also do not deny the fact that Hillary Clinton has lived a privileged life as well, but I do acknowledge the ideas she put forth and grace at which she expressed them at last week's presidential debate which were in stark comparison to Trump's performance. If you haven't already, I encourage you to register to vote, and to vote wisely in November.