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A Letter to Those Who Are Saying 'He's Not My President'

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A Letter to Those Who Are Saying 'He's Not My President'

To the people who are saying “He’s not my president,”

Let me start off by saying that Donald Trump was not my first choice for president. I found his views to be archaic and his tactics despicable. He mocked a disabled reporter, demonized an entire religion and talked about sexual assault as if it were just another night on the town with his friends. However, despite all of this, he is still my president. Let me explain before you start to lash out like many have.

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We live in a democratic country. The Merriam Webster definition is “a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.” The election was held, parties made their arguments as to why they should be the next president of the United States, and Donald Trump won. He is the president the people chose.

With that being said, one of the key pieces of a democracy is the peaceful transfer of power between the parties. Let’s hop in a time machine and go back to the year 1800, when the Republican party won the presidential election and Thomas Jefferson became president. At the time, many believed he was unqualified to run a country, and used underhanded tactics to win the presidency. However, what he did was use his experiences to appeal to the people and make them believe that he wasn’t just another politician, that he was really going to help. This was a huge step for the US as a democratic country. The election of 1800, or what is more commonly known as the Revolution of 1800, showed America and every other country that even though the parties didn’t trust each other and didn’t agree with their policies they will still accept the results of the election. The losing party accepted the fact that they had lost, and stepped down gracefully. And that is what we have to do in the spirit of democracy. We have to accept the results as they are and hope for the best.

Lastly, I want to make a point to all of you who think Trump is an awful person. Have any of you actually met him? Do any of you know him so well that you would say that about him? He’s an actor, my friends. He dawns the persona of someone who will give him the desired reaction. You might find that you don’t know him at all. Even if he is as evil as so many (including myself) have said, how do you know that becoming president won’t change him? It’s not an experience someone should take lightly. So, take into consideration what I have said, and go into the next four years with an open mind because he is your president.

Sincerely,

Another American citizen

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