Mostly everyone and their dog has heard about the heated presidential race to the Oval Office between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. For those who haven't heard any of the news stories or seen any of the interviews and still insist that Trump is the best candidate and will "Make America Great Again," here are some things you should know before you vote.
1. Lies. Many believe Trump in everything he says. Even when most of the things that come out are lies. One of the most common lies was that President Barack Obama was not a United States citizen. He later stated this year at a rally, that started off with an advertisement for his new hotel and still ran longer then the actual "Birther" claim itself, that Clinton was the one that started "Birther" claim. This is a flat out lie since Trump has been claiming that President Obama was not a U.S. citizen since 2011. He also stated that no other country respects the current president. He gets this from the fact that other countries didn't "roll out the read carpet" for him. In reality, President Obama is highly respected by other countries.
2. More lies. Trump has made it a staple in his campaign to constantly tell lies about Mexico and its citizens. He has said that Mexican immigrants are stealing American jobs, most are illegal immigrants, Mexico is sending its criminals and rapists to America, and that he will build a wall across the border of Mexico and America and will make Mexico pay for it. We will go on more about the wall later, but first, everything he has said about Mexico is a lie. Mexican citizens coming to America are not always illegal. Again, that will go more with the wall segment, but Mexican citizens in America are not stealing American jobs. What American do you know that wants to work as a landscaper? They are taking jobs Americans DON'T want to do. And Mexico is not sending its rapists and criminals. In fact, most immigrants who run to America from Mexico are trying to flee from something, not to hurt others. There are more American criminals and rapists are arrested everyday than Mexican ones.
3. A wall won't help. Building a wall between America and Mexico will do nothing but hurt the country. Trump stated early in the race for presidency that he would build a wall on the border of Mexico and America and he said, "100%," that Mexico will pay for it. First off, in an interview with Enrique Peña Nieto, the president of Mexico, Enrique said that they will not pay for a wall but Trump said that the subject hadn't been touched upon. Of course, Trump immediately turned that around once he got back to America and said that Mexico was 100% paying for it. Also, a wall on the border, it's impractical. Not only will it cost millions of dollars and have to go through mountains, rivers, towns, and people's homes, cost generations of families to pay to maintain the wall, but it will not stop people from crossing because most immigrants come to America by plane. Which, going back to the lie of illegal immigrants, most Mexican that enter the U.S., which is indeed by plane, are not coming here illegally. Hence forth, a wall, will benefit no one.
4. Nuclear warheads and violence. Do we really want a President that condones any type of violence to be in charge of America's nuclear warheads? Nearly every country in the world refuses the use of nuclear warheads. Trump however said in an interview he would not rule out using nukes on other countries, including our allies. A man who is all for using nuclear weapons and the use of violence is in the run for president. Numerous times he has told second amendment activists to demonstrate their rights against Clinton as well as going as far to say that he'd pay any legal fees for his supporters who get violent with protesters. No president should ever condone the use of violence under any circumstances.
5. Racism. The level of racism Trump has is off the charts. At nearly every rally, he says something that is offensive to other groups. Whether it be Mexicans, Latinos, African-American's, Muslims, and so on. And not to mention the rude comments he made about a reporter who had a disability. Trump has made numerous racist comments about how African-Americans live in terrible conditions, their school districts are terrible, the teens don't work, and so on and so forth. Chalk that up as another lie because he's just pulling that information out of thin air. He knows nothing about how they live. Which goes into the next point.
6. The economy and the middle class. Trump is a business man who got a "small loan of a million dollars" from his father as a kid. That's definitely the kind of man who knows about the working middle class and how they feel because every middle class work gets a "small" loan from their father. Not. There is no way Trump can relate to anyone who works hard to make a living because he was given money to him as a kid. Some would say that he'd have to work hard to keep his businesses running and to get where he is today, but we'll talk about that in the next point. Trump supporters say he'll fix America by using his own money to fix the economy. First off, not all the money he has he's gotten in just ways, again, talk more about it in another point. Second, trump has made promises before and hasn't followed through with them on numerous occasions. Who's to stop him from turning back on this promise? He also stated that he made "a lot of sacrifices" by creating jobs for people. Sacrifices. Ok.
7. His businesses. He's been on TV, in movies, and has many businesses. He's a man that got money from working hard and getting to where he is now. Is that really true? Not all of Trump's businesses are fair, righteous, or still running today. The new Trump Wine and Trump Steaks both went bankrupt. He's had numerous hotels and casinos also declare bankruptcy. Also, Trump University. A college created and run by Trump to teach business men and women his secrets of the trade in his success. Thousands upon thousands of dollars was shoveled into the university by new and old business people to learn the ways of Trump. In return, they received nothing. Let's not forget the Trump fashion line isn't exactly fair either. But that's more for the next topic.
8. Limiting immigration? Everyone knows Trump wants to limit immigration. Building a wall between Mexico and America. Limiting Latinos. Even refusing entry of all Muslims into American. But here's a question for everyone: If Trump is so against immigration, why does he have thousands of illegal and undocumented Chinese women and girls working for him? That's right, Trump has thousands of undocumented, underpaid, and poorly treated workers in his fashion business. He scams the girls and women into coming to the U.S. and then forces them to work for him. Is that really a man we want for president?
9. Sexism. You can't really expect much from a man who's been married three times and is getting a third divorce. His treatment of woman is anything but nice. Not only does he treat them poorly, his undocumented workers, but he's also constantly ridiculing them. He mocks woman who are a little heavy, disrespecting one by saying that "She had blood coming out of her whatever," and even going as far to say "Anyone with a flat chest is hard to be a 10." And not only does he not treat women with respect, he wants to limit their freedom. Especially with this next issue.
10. Abortion. Trump had avoided questions about abortion for a while during his campaign. Some thought him to be pro-choice with the way he spoke about it. The bombshell was dropped when people found out his was pro-life with the comment that made many enraged. "Any woman that gets an abortion should be punished. Don't know how, but she should." Going as far to say that women should be punished for getting an abortion, as well as saying they will defund Planned Parenthood. This is something a lot of people don't agree with and haven't agreed with. What if a woman is raped and gets pregnant? She will either have to have the baby of someone that ruined her life or get punished for trying to get rid of the pregnancy. Is that really right?
11. Overall Person. Donald Trump is a sexist, racist, bigot of a man. He says things people want to hear but are not what will make America better. He wants to destroy the border of Mexico and America and use nuclear warheads against our allies. He condones violence, hate speech, and wants to limit access to America for specific groups of people. He is pro-life, seeks less rights for woman, and houses illegal immigrants himself. His money does not all come from righteous ways, he has declared bankruptcy numerous times, and has been found guilty of over a thousand crooked acts. He is a constant liar and refuses to apologize for anything he says. Is this really the man we want for president?
For more information on these topics, check out the following links:
http://www.dailywire.com/news/4834/trumps-101-lies-hank-berrien#
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/politics/donald-t...
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_56d47177e4b03260...
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements...
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/0...
https://thinkprogress.org/graphic-donald-trumps-te...
http://mashable.com/2016/03/12/trump-rally-incite-...
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/us/politics/d...








