Dear Mr. Trump,
I am a 20-year-old college student who has been following your campaign for quite some time now. I have kept up to date, for the most part, on the things you have said, the policies you want to implement and how you treat the people both in support and in resentment of you. You have become a very famous candidate in media terms, and most of the election has been centered more around you than the party itself; I can't tell if this is because of the fame you built for yourself as a business man or because of the way your extreme campaign notions seem to stick in the minds of so many people. I would like to share with you how my view of American politics has been changed by watching the progression of your campaign.
First, I am not a Republican at all. I am as Democratic and left-winged as they come. I believe in increased gun laws, free choice and, a big problem for you, letting Syrian refugees and Mexican immigrants (as well as those of other descents) live in our country and enjoy the benefits of living in a country where you get to make a name for yourself and choose your own path.
Listening to you talk about turning away the refugees and building a wall along the Mexican-American border honestly makes me sick to my stomach. I am the kind of person who believes that, if someone is in need, those who have more than they need should be the first to give. You, of all people in this country, have plenty to give. Being the religious man that you consider yourself to be, you should understand and recognize that the Bible tells us "He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none" (Luke 3:11), of course representing the fact that, if you have more than is needed to survive, you should be giving to those who have none or less than you.
By denying the immigrants and refugees a place to live, you are denying the need of a privilege that you have the power to give them, which completely undermines the Catholic standpoint you have displayed for yourself. This has done two things for me as a growing and maturing college student. You have made me fearful of the ethnic and cultural future of this country. Having Spanish as one of my majors in college, I have learned to accept and unite different cultures in my everyday life, as this country should be doing as "the melting pot of world culture and ethnicity." You undermine the values and morals we are taught as children, to love one another and treat others as you would have them treat you. Also, you, in my mind, represent why so many people are in resentment of politicians, because you do not hold yourself to the standards you have set for your fellow competitors in this campaign.
Continuing with the topic of the immigrants, you have proposed to have a wall built to keep the immigrants out of our country, the country which was founded by immigrants. Not only is this wall going to be of massive height and length, but you will be, according to your campaign, making the Mexican government pay for it. I am not sure how you plan to pull off this outlandish plan, but I would love to hear it. Unless you are planning to go to war with Mexico, you cannot force another country pay for something that not only does nothing to benefit them but cuts them off from their closest neighbor.
The way you take control during your speeches and cause mass chaos in the audience is frightening. Another one of the majors I am studying in college is Philosophy. One of the first things we read in philosophy class was Plato's "Republic," in which Socrates and a few of his friends sit around one night discussing their ideas for a proper definition of "justice." Within this 400 plus page text, Socrates describes justice in the different levels of government. He claims that dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.
As a student who grew up an American and learned that a democracy is the best form of government, I was never able to understand what Socrates meant by this quote. Little did I know that Socrates could see the future. Watching your campaign and seeing the way your speeches invoke violence has shown me exactly to what this quote was referring. The thought of having you as a president scares me more than anything in my life has. It also makes me severely doubt the legitimacy and capabilities of our political system to recognize when it is a good idea to elect someone and when someone's ideas are too dangerous to plant into the minds of the public. Although I am not usually one to wish ill-fate on another person for any reason at all, I pray that you will never be elected into office. Sure we have had enough politicians for one lifetime, but a tyrant is not the answer.
Sincerely,
A College Student Who Respects Her Country
