Summary: The article I read was about Donald Trump's response to the recent murder of Dwayne Wade's cousin in Chicago. The article was written by Eugene Scott and Jeremy Diamond, and was published on August 27, 2016 to show Trump's reaction to the shooting. The article mentioned Donald Trump's speech following the event, in which he said he was horrified by the recent terrors in the United States. He compared the shooting of Nykea Aldridge to the other recent shootings, including the Orlando shooting. Donald Trump said that because of these terrible actions, African Americans will vote for him. He explains that these hardships in America are awful and are only getting worse. However, his main reasoning behind his assumption that he will get these votes is that African Americans have nothing to lose by voting for him. Trump says he will "fix" the problems America has been having, especially in the inner cities.
Analysis: In my opinion, this is such a flawed approach to reach the people he is trying to get support from. Donald Trump has been making many arguments for the removal of immigrants from the United States, and now Trump says very clearly that he is going to "fix" suffering in America if minorities vote for him. That grand promise is very hard for me to believe, especially since he is approaching the situation from a stance that implies he can't be any worse than what we have now. That sounds like no reason to vote for a president to me. In my mind, a president is someone who is good for this country and offers real solutions, not just someone who is "not the other person" and somewhat promises a "better" life. He seems to be implying that African Americans will vote for him because they will settle with the fact that their situation couldn't get any worse.
The support of Donald Trump continues to grow, despite his flawed ideas for this country, so this is an important issue for us. The statements from this speech just point out to me how drastic his presidency could be to our country. This is similar to Hitler coming to power in the 1930s, when Germany was suffering through poverty and political instability. Hitler essentially promised to make life better for the Germans while avoiding details, much like Donald Trump's vague promise of "I will fix it."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/27/politics/donald-trump-dwyane-wade/
I agree with the fact that just saying "I'll fix it" is not specific at all and doesn't address any actual issues. Also, I think it's absolutely awful and selfish of him to turn a tragic event into a call for votes.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said about a president needing to have real solutions to the problems rather than just "not being the other candidate." I think that in this election especially this has been a major topic of interest. The problem is that a lot of voters are going by one not being the other rather than their chosen candidate's policies and opinions.
ReplyDeleteIf your main reason for people voting for you is just "I'm not them", then that shows that you really don't have that much to offer. Saying you'll "fix it" is too vague and is promising things without really promising anything.
ReplyDeleteI'm not saying that what Trump is doing is right, but I don't thunk that a comparison to Hitler is the best way this could have gone. Comparison to Hitler in modern discourse is a serious problem and you can learn more about it here: https://youtu.be/A0ZyhPfBnNc
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