Donald Trump

Firstly, Pro, as Lua has pointed out, has simply regurgitated the points of the only source she used, todaysinfo.net, with little to no analysis on the information on the article. I'm not very tolerant of plagiarism, and I am certain that it's against the rules of the website, but for the purpose of the debate, I will continue debating. However, if pro continuously plagarizes entire articles, I may make the decision to stop debating, seeing as I'll only be debating against writers of various articles, rather than Pro.OutlineI. Trump's "Successful" Businesses II. Trump on Climate ChangeIII. The "Trump Effect"IV. SourcesI. Trump's "Successful" BusinessesAny successful businessman can run into trouble from time-to-time, whether it's making a mistake that may hurt his investments, or having suits filed against him. Trump is regarded as one of the most successful businessmen in America. However, his history of businesses and the source of his wealth, only prove that he is incapable of running his own businesses. In fact, an article from "Business Insider," claims that the New York Times analyzed 61 of Trump's projects and deals from the 2000s to 2012. The researchers and analysists found that around 40 of those deals were either failures or had problems which deemed them as fruitless, while only a mere 21 of them were successes. That means that approximately 66% of his deals were unsuccessful (S1). The Business Insider article continues by providing the list of which projects were immediate failures, which ones had problems, and which were successful. His shortcomings in business are also apparent in the 3,500 suits filed against him, ranging from skirmishes with his casino patrons to lawsuits regarding multi-million dollar real estate deals (S2)."Call it the art of the bad deal, one created by the arrogance and recklessness of a businessman whose main talent is self-promotion." -Kurt EichenwaldMany people, including myself, believe that Trump's "success" was a result of family ties, especially his father's lucrative real-estate business, and his shameless self-promotion, such as that controversy with his "small hands" where Trump responded to an article saying he has "big hands," with a gold pen.Kurt Eichenwald, writer of the News Week Article, "Trump's Many Business Failures, Explained," expands upon this idea that "Trump boasted when he announced his candidacy last year that he had made his money “the old-fashioned way,” but he is no Bill Gates or Michael Bloomberg, self-made billionaires who were mavericks, innovators in their fields. Instead, the Republican nominee’s wealth is Daddy-made. Almost all of his best-known successes are attributable to family ties or money given to him by his father," (S3).Donald Trump has tried to run his businesses apart from real estate, though to no avail. Trump, owner of the line of "Trump Casinos," has amassed four bankruptcies. He claims that he had "nothing to do" with the failure of the business, despite owning 28% of the stock in the companies. He has also pitched some other business ideas that he put into action. Like his casinos, these ideas failed, terribly. Trump Airlines was a private luxury airline company started in 1988. Due to the lack of profits, the company closed in 1992. Trump also unleashed a brand of his own vodka and steaks called "Trump Vodka," and "Trump Steaks." Trump Vodka was made in 2006. The company stopped production in 2011 due to a lack of profit and interest. Trump Steaks began in 2007 but closed down in 2012 for over 51 health code violations, including serving five-month-old duck. That's some "Trump-quality" cuisine! Trump attributes the health violations his managers for "lazily hiring terrible cooks." The list of Trump's business failures goes on, with things such as Trump the Game, Trump Magazines, Trump University, Trump Mortgage, GoTrump.com, Trump International Tower of Chicago, etc (S4).His inability to manage his own businesses not only proves that he is incapable of administrating his own businesses, he is incapable of building a business empire, he has a lack in priorities for his business affairs, and when all else fails, he searches for a scapegoat.II. Trump on Climate ChangePro claims that Trump will be "saving billions" by cutting Environmental Protection, and while that's all well and good for taxpayers, we will still allow climate change to threaten our world. Not only that, but Rex Tillerson, Trump's appointed cabinet member as the Secretary of State, has the authority to remove environmental regulations on businesses, allowing them to dispose of their wastes improperly, contaminating drinking water, killing life in nature and adding to our immense pollution. And the likelihood of Tillerson doing so is high since he is associated with ExxonMobil, a company that provides gas and oil. Cutting environmental regulations on ExxonMobil will mean that they can dump their wastes anywhere.Additionally, if we neglect the environment, then we will run into more health concerns. If water is polluted, then cities, and maybe even states, may have to pay to get clean water. With the threat of global warming, our water supply may be greatly decreased because of the lesser amount of snow pack. And if the air is polluted, then we will need to pay immense amounts to clear the air, though there is not much that can do so. We will run into more health concerns by ignoring the environment, and we may have to pay a large amount for reparations and to buy purified water, which may accumulate for more than the government spending to protect the environment.III. The "Trump Effect"Trump's words to not highlight concerns of "equality" or "tolerance." His talk of banning Muslims from entering the country, and the provocation of violence do not make him the type of person capable of inspiring and bringing America together. I'm certain that no rational person wants to hear their president saying "‘[Mexicans] are rapists. And some, I assume, are good people," or "I will bomb the s*** out of them!" (S5). America should have a confident president who can inspire the masses, and point America in the right direction, not an egostatic man who talks of himself so highly, that people are not sure if he's running for President, or for the Guiness World Record for the man with the highest ego in America.The "Trump Effect" is the belief that Trump's campaign is making an impression on juviniles and inspiring closeted bigots to unite and fight for their racist beliefs. In a document written by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the SPLC claims that "[Trump] is producing an alarming level of fear and anxiety among children of color and inflaming racial and ethnic tensions in the classroom. Many students worry about being deported. Other students have been emboldened by the divisive, often juvenile rhetoric in the campaign. Teachers have noted an increase in bullying, harassment and intimidation of students whose races, religions or nationalities have been the verbal targets of candidates on the campaign trail." In fact, mroe than two thirds of teacher reported that students, mainly immigrants and Muslims, have expressed concerns about what might happen to their families if Trump is elected president. More than one thirds of teachers reported that they observed an increse in anti-Muslim or anti-immigrant sentiment. A teacher from a middle school with a large population of African-American Muslims said “My students are terrified of Donald Trump. They think that if he’s elected, all black people will get sent back to Africa,” (S6). Donald Trump's campaign and public harassment is clearly making an impact on the populus in the worst ways possible, promoting bigotry and violence and bullying. He, through his words, clearly shows that he is incapable of being a president who can unite the masses.IV. SourcesS1) http://www.businessinsider.com...S2) http://www.usatoday.com...S3) http://www.newsweek.com...S4) http://time.com...S5) http://www.politico.com...S6) https://www.splcenter.org...