Donald Trump

Outline:I. IntroductionII. Trump's Planned PoliciesIII. Concerning Cabinet PicksIV. Sources I. IntroductionDonald Trump, some honor him as being the "best president God ever made," and others spite him to the point where they imagine scenarios of his assassinations, is indeed a controversial figure. Trump is a successful businessman, the former host of "The Apprentice," politician, and the 45th president of the United States. He is a very controversial figure for his stance on pressing issues such as the Mexican border, foreign business relations, his motives, and his cabinet picks. Additionally, his rehtoric is especially concerning, with his immature responses and his constant use of Tweets to give petty comments on celebrities and ideas.II. Trump's Planned PoliciesIn terms of immigration, Trump plans to reinforce immigration laws and stage a mass deportation of illegals. As stated in his website, he also wants to make a wall along the Mexican border and make Mexico pay for it (S2). These extreme efforts in preventing illegal immigration may cause tensions with Mexico for forcing them to pay around 12 billion dollars for a wall, and will be very costly for America. In fact, I personally believe that the wall between Mexico and America is downright ridiculous. Before the fence was established on the border, and before all the border control, the borders were fairly open. Mexicans who had work across the border in places like Texas, could go there freely and return home. However, as a result of the increasingly strict border control, Mexicans couldn't go to and fro the border as easily. So, as a result, some Mexicans decided to live in America illegally to facilitate the travel to their occupations.In terms of medicare, though he has been extremely vague on how he will do it, he plans to repeal and replace ObamaCare. Removing ObamaCare will have major consequences if there is nothing to substitute for it. Low-wage earners may be without health insurance, and may have to make the decision of buying costly medications or buying other necessities for themselves and their family.In terms of the economy, he has claimed countless times to lower the debt. Like his other plans, this one is also vague. His website only claims that he will "prioritize jobs," but there is no hint as to how he will do it. In fact, his website focuses more on discussing the pros of a prospering economy, rather than sharing how Trump will create one. Additionally, his promises on lowering the debt are very hard to imagine will be made, as he has also claimed to want to increase the budget for defense, and also plans on lowering taxes tremendously. Stopping government financial support to things like abortions will not be effective enough to make up for the growing defense budget and tax cuts.In terms of taxes, Trump plans to "reduce taxes across-the-board." He also wants to "ensure the rich will pay their fair share," but fails to explain how he will do that. Trump wants to increase the standard deduction for joint filers over two times its original value, and cap itemized deductions for married -joint filers or single filers over two times. As I explained before, these major tax cuts will certainly increase the deficit (S4).Trump also wants to increase import taxes to up to 35%. Though this may prevent businesses from hiring people outside of the country, and will give them an incentive to hire American workers, this will hurt foreign trade tremendously, and will dramatically increase the price of products in America.III. Concerning Cabinet PicksSecretary of State: Rex TillersonRex Tillerson is the CEO of ExxonMobil. Tillerson is a dealmaker, creating deals with dozens of leaders around the world. However, his connections to ExxonMobile are concerning. Tillerson, being able to operate a State Department that could control enviromental and health protections, can cut such regulations to cut waste disposal costs and liability for workers' safety for ExxonMobile. Additionally, his denial to climate change will further fuel his motivation to cut environmental regulations and funding. He is also dismissive of clean energy, which will also hurt the environment (S6). Secretary of Energy: Rick PerryRick Perry is a former Texas governor and Texas agriculture commissioner. There is much irony to be seen in him, a former activist bent on destroying the Department of Energy, being the secretary of energy. He failed to acknowledge that the Deparment of Energy is the department responsible to managing the nuclear arsenal of weapons for America. We need someone better prepared for dealing with things such as the risk of a new Cold War, and the situation of North Korea and their supposed manufacturing of nuclear weapons (S7).Secretary of Treasury: Steven MnuchinMnuchin is a Trump campaign finance chairmen and former Goldman Sachs partner. This pick is concerning for his affiliations with Goldman Sachs, and he, being a former Trump campaign finance chairman makes me believe that Trump's decision to appoint him as the Secretary of Treasury was done in part because of nepotism.Secretary of Education:Betsy DeVos DeVos is a charter school advocate and philanthropist. DeVos is a prominent political adctivist against the common core cirriculum. Charter schools are publicly funded indepenent schools established by the local community. Because they do not follow the common core system, they typically fail to brush upon or exceed the standards of the common core, standardized testing, and most prominent colleges. I personally feel that the common core provides a standard to make sure schools provide students with a fruitful education, rather than one that is lacking. Betsy DeVos has been involved in reform of education in Michigan for decades. She has been trying to divert public education to private charter schools. However, charter schools have been shown to be very unsuccessful in providing an efficient education. For example, Hope Academy, a charter school in Detroit, possesses test scores that have ranked among the lowest in the state. In 2013, the school ranked in the first percentile, the absolute bottom for academic performance. Her lack of experience, and the failure to acknowledge that charter schools are not efficient to provide a fulfilling education, prove that she is not an efficient secretary of education (S8). IV. 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