What This Election Has Taught Me
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What This Election Has Taught Me

I stand with America.

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What This Election Has Taught Me
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These last few days have been history in the making and will be marked in the books as such. These last few days have created a rise of emotions and resulting actions. In these last few days, Donald Trump became our 45th President of the United States of America.

If you know me, you know I am not the one who jumps into conversations about politics. I do not like to get too involved in political dialogue, especially in this election, for many reasons. I can openly say I voted for Donald Trump, and I do not regret that decision.

The whole world seems to have forgotten that the United States is one nation, one country, and we are supposed to stand together, regardless of who won this election. I think everyone in the United States should take a huge step back, take a deep breath, and look closely at what will happen in the future.

Even though I voted for Donald Trump, I do not fully agree with everything he had to say and offer to us Americans. The world needs more balance, and I fully believe that having an equal balance is the only way our country can run smoothly and rebuild itself back to the strong country we should be.

The way we have been treating each other, treating both candidates, and treating our loved ones, has been absolutely absurd and disgusting. Social media has become a hateful place that I refuse to be a part of until it goes back to cute videos of dogs and hilarious memes.

I just wrote a paper recently about change, and how it is a very positive action we can make for ourselves. Embracing change in a positive way is the only way it actually is positive for us. A lot of us are not taking this change in a very good way. Starting riots, burning the American flag, vandalizing our local communities, and refusing to call Donald Trump your President is NOT embracing what has happened in a positive way. There is no way every single person in the United States was going to be happy with any possible outcome of the election because we are so diverse with many different opinions.

FYI, he is going to be our President and, honestly, we all have to deal with that reality. It happened. It's over. We need to start being Americans again and trust in our new President, the government, and, most of all, God to put us in the right place again.

The way we have been acting as a country in no way represents who we are as a nation and we all have to realize that before something really bad happens.

I will sit back and let the man do his job. I will give him the chance to fix what has happened to our country. I do realize some people feel as though they are in danger due to what Donald Trump has said about certain groups of people living in the United States. All I have to say is that you are not alone, you will be okay, and there are many people who voted for Trump, but still stand strongly by your side.

With that being said, anyone who is reading this and feels alone or scared, please do not hesitate to message me. Do not be afraid to reach out especially when you have so many people on your side. I stand with everyone and I stand with America. Forever.

"We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity, representing our liberty." -George Washington

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