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"Why Not Trump?" Response

A response to Noah Millman's article on "The Week."

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"Why Not Trump?" Response

Donald Trump: the name that has been on most Americans' mouths. Whether you're just making fun of the situation or actually supporting him, you know who this man is.

Mr. Trump is the leading candidate for presidency for the GOP. He has caught the media's attention for his clear remarks on an extremist immigration policy, his apparent sexist comments towards Megyn Kelly, and his cutthroat way of speech regarding most issues. These and many more aspects have put Trump front and center in the presidential race.

Many people have questioned the legitimacy of his candidacy because of the way he expresses himself and his seemingly aggressive political agenda. Some people have come to the conclusion that he shouldn't be taken seriously, but Noah Millman, a senior editor and featured blogger at, "The American Conservative," has posed an important question, "Why Not Trump?"

Millman wrote a blog post on August 27, in the U.S. edition of "The Week," a news magazine that provides, "perspectives of the week's news and editorial commentary from global media to provide readers with multiple political viewpoints" (Wikipedia). Noah Millman's post gave concrete reasons why Donald Trump is not a terrible option for president. His arguments were mostly based on the business skills that Trump has obtained over the years. Millman says, "Trump is more experienced as an executive, in a business context, of course, than most candidates…." And apart from that, he expresses, "Trump has articulated a vision of what the president's job is, and that is to be the chief negotiator for the United States. If that's the job, who, among his competition, looks like he or she would do it better?" (Millman).

Once I finished reading Millman's article, I was very intrigued with the arguments he presented. He seemed to cover all aspects about Trump's candidacy: his business strategies, his sense of style, and his ideologies. Millman even mentioned that, "It can’t be that he’s too much of a hard-right conservative – among other things, because he isn’t one, even if his immigration plan is extreme."

It left me wondering why I didn't want this man to be our president. Then I realized that it was the humanity aspect that any and/or every leader should have.

People tend to forget what the polls and the demographics represent: the people. We can't expect to have a man that just focuses on the numbers and forgets about the people they symbolize. Leaders are meant to give people hope; even though things are tough, everything is going to be all right. Trump lacks this. When he proposes the deportation of over 11 million undocumented immigrants, he's not thinking about the lives he's affecting and he doesn't seem to care.

I believe that a man who lives in a completely parallel world to most Americans, does not have the right to make the decisions for this majority. Donald Trump might have, " articulated a vision of what the president's job is, which is to be the chief negotiator for the United States," but his plan does not consist of helping or of leading the people of the United States.

So, to answer your question Mr. Millman, "Why not Trump?" it's because he plans on working for numbers and not for the people of the United States of America.

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