Republican candidate Donald Trump is known for his bold remarks that have often made headlines. Since his bid for presidency, Trump has gathered a long trail of insults that he has been scrutinized for and has gathered an even longer list of people that have been offended by his words. Yet to this day, Donald Trump has not apologized for any of the statements that have resulted in him losing lots of support. So here's the top five statements that Trump probably should have apologized for:
The first of many controversial statements began at his presidential bid back in July. During his speech, he began trashing Mexico for sending over “People that have lots of problems." He continued to say that, “They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. They're rapists.” And his solution to the matter was to “build a Great Wall and I will have Mexico pay for it.” Since then he has continued to mock and berate Mexicans and other Latin Americans like Jorge Ramos, a Mexican-American journalist who Trump had removed from a press conference. Another victim of his mockery was Columba Bush, Mexican-American wife of presidential candidate Jeb Bush. He suggested that Jeb Bush was soft on immigration policy because of his wife's ethnicity. His remarks has also led to threats from many Latinos and allegedly Mexican Drug Lord El Chapo had a bounty on Trump.
But that hasn't thrown Trump’s ego off one bit, and anyone who chooses to call Trump out for his offensive actions is usually met with Trump's childish retribution. Which brings us to the second controversial act during his campaign run. After being called a “jackass” by South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, Trump gave out the senator's personal phone number at a rally. He broke an unspoken rule among politicians and received a mix of laughter and anger for what he had done.
Just a few days later when the entire Trump and Graham fiasco was boiling down, Trump landed himself on the news again for questioning whether or not Senator John Mccain was actually a wartime hero. The Senator was a pilot during the Vietnam war and was captured and tortured for about five years.Trump stated, “He’s not a war hero. He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured.” And now add insulting a U.S. Veteran to the list of people he should consider apologizing to.
No list of insult is complete until one has insulted an entire religion, which is exactly what Trump did when he called for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until representatives can figure out what's going on.” His statement, that many view as unconstitutional, caused an uproar around the world and many began supporting the idea that Trump should have been disqualified from the presidency for targeting Muslims. At one point during the backlash, the hashtag #TrumpIsDisqualifiedParty began trending on Twitter as people began celebrating the idea that Trump may be disqualified.
However, Trump wasn't done yet. And in the last few weeks of 2015, he delivered one more unbearable insult directed at Serge Kovaleski, a disabled reporter. Kovaleski has a congenital condition that limits joint movement and Trump took advantage of his condition and mocked the way the reporter talked and moved. If someone had previously excused Trump for any prior insults, they couldn't excuse him for this one; mocking a disabled person for a condition they cannot control is not defendable.
Comments like this have caused Trump to lose a lot of support. In fact, NBC has cut ties with Trump after one too many comments about Mexicans. These repercussions still haven't convinced Trump to apologize. A few supporters of Trump find his brazenness refreshing and they continue aiding and supporting the unapologetic presidential candidate.
