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Andy Cheng

Mrs. Stanford

ENG 124

23 November 2016

The Trump Nation

Ten feet higher! Ten feet higher! is one of the many saying that Trump supporters

adopted during the electoral process. This saying was alongside the lock her up! and the

Hillary supporters are cucks chants. On the flipside of the electoral process, Hillary supporters

frequently used the phrasing of all Trump supporters being racist bigots. Millions of people

voted in the Presidential election with droves of them vehemently supporting one side or the

other; this has caused a large schism between the supporters of both candidates which was

enflamed even more when Hillary lost while winning the popular vote. President Elect Donald

Trump may not be the most liked candidate, but the citizens must take an optimistic approach to

his presidential term as the divide that is engulfing this nation has to be expiated.

Early on November Ninth, the nation discovered who had won the 2016 Presidential

election. What they found was Donald J. Trump in position to become the forty-fifth President of

the United States. This shocked many of the people watching the election as it seemed almost

impossible for Donald to win. The New York Times details the thoughts of many with, The

surprise outcome, defying late polls that showed Hillary Clinton with a modest but persistent

edge, threatened convulsions throughout the country and the world, where skeptics had watched

with alarm as Mr. Trumps unvarnished overtures to disillusioned voters took hold

(Flegenheimer & Barbaro 2016). This quote implies that even though polls conducted before the
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election showed a strong favorance towards Hillary, the uneducated voters were on Trumps side

and carried him to the Oval Office. Some of the more astute, liberal voters and observers of the

election were not happy with the results as they will cause the country to go down a more

conservative path. They do not see Donald Trump fit to be President as he is a, real estate

developer-turned-reality television star with no government experience(Flegenheimer &

Barbaro 2016). This view is shared with many citizens as Clinton was much more qualified than

Trump with her experience as Secretary of State, but that could not overcome the negativity that

Clintons email servers had. With this non-existent political experience and the conservative

viewpoints Donald Trump has, the nation is wary of the events that may occur during his term:

namely, changes to the racial, climate, and allied country policies. Donald Trump takes

degrading stances on these topics with his Mexican Wall and list of Muslim immigrants, his

negation of climate change, and his unwillingness to fulfill the prior treaties America has with

other sovereign nations (Being American 2016)(Cohen 2016). With all the controversy

surrounding Donald Trumps election, it is not surprising to see protests in anguish from the

non-Trump supporters. Even so, the nation as a whole must be optimistic about the future

presidency and mend the divide between a nation.

One of the main contentions of Donald Trumps victory speech was the idea of the nation

becoming whole again. The particular segment was, Now its time for America to bind the

wounds of division; have to get together. To all Republicans and Democrats and independents

across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people(Trump 2016).

What Donald said in his speech is a legitimate problem with the nation today as there are many

dissident voices from Trump haters being heard after the election. These voices are mainly the
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more educated Democrats and Independents who do not support Trumps policies and will not

accept his bigotry in the oval office. This discontent has caused somewhat of a schism to form in

the nation and will have negative effects if not resolved The idea the nation needs to realize is

the Presidential Election is over and Donald Trump will be the President of the United States

come January. America cannot be divided at the seams as it is the United States of America

and to be a functional entity; the country needs to be united under the next President. It is time to

heal the wounds of division and bring all Democrats, Republicans, and Independents to a state

of optimism towards the Trump presidency. Time will tell exactly what will happen during his

reign but in this day, there is no exact way to see what course the nation will take. For this

reason, the only logical viewpoint is to be hopeful of what the future will hold and hope it

doesnt crash and burn under Trumps control.

2016 has been an interesting year so far in many regards such as celebrity deaths and,

namely, the Presidential Election. The two candidates that were up for vote for the most

prestigious position in America were a celebrity billionaire and a women that was under FBI

investigation for her email server. Each side had their own passionate supporters that despised

the other sides backers and the candidates themselves are polar opposites of each other. Hillary

Clinton is a legitimate politician who was liberal in views, while Donald Trump has never held a

political office before and is more conservative views. These views and the candidate's

supporters clashed heavily during the election and are still clashing to this day after Trump

became the President Elect. While the reasons why Trumps opposers are protesting are just ones

which stem from his general bigotry, it does not help heal the schism in the nation. America

needs to give Trump a chance as no one knows exactly what will happen in his term and if it will
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be beneficial for America.. The world is a place full of judgment before action and that is not

what the country needs at the moment. The United States just has to remain hopeful that Donald

Trump does not tear the nation apart.

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