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Persuasive Essay On Becoming President

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Becoming president of the United States is one of the highest positions a citizen can earn and it is spot of outrageous power and influence. However, as the saying goes “with great power, comes great responsibility” and that responsibility includes conducting yourself in an appropriate manner. This ability seems to elude America’s current presidential candidate Donald Trump. Trump is acting inappropriately during his campaign with constant strings disrespectful comments and behavior along with his habit of continuously contradicting himself. The controversy surrounding this candidate and has turned this election campaign from a respectable event to a skit gone wrong. Trumps bad habits were endlessly brought to light during the 2016 Presidential …show more content…

According to an article made by USA Today, when asked how to go about fixing race relations Trump stated that “law and order” are needed to help the African- Americans and Hispanics that are “living in hell” in certain communities. He also announced his wish to bring back “stop-in-frisk” even though it was proven to be unconstitutional because it was a form of racial profiling. When confronted with these facts Trump brushed them off by saying the judge who ruled it unconstitutional was “a very against-police judge” and refused to acknowledge it again. He also generalizes all Hispanics in inner-cities as illegal immigrants and claims they are felons that need to be arrested. These accusations depict Trump as very racially bias toward minorities and that is not a view a candidate should have toward the citizens of the country they are trying to be in charge of. In accordance to the transcript made by UCSB of the debate, Donald Trump’s sexist views towards women when moderator Lester Holt asked him what he meant about Clinton not having “a presidential look”. Trump attempted to deflect the question by saying she just doesn’t have the “stamina” to be president. He also denied the allegations that he called Alicia Machado, a Miss Universe pageant winner, “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping” even when Machado has come forward and stated that they were

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