Only one presidential candidate in the history of the United States of America has been more unpopular than Hillary Clinton. That candidate is Donald Trump.
In less than a week the next leader of the Western superpower is chosen by the American people. The whole world gathers around their receptors to see the one of the biggest political spectacles. In the world. It's the fight between the Democratic party's long-term politician Hillary Clinton and the Republican party's estate millionaire Donald Trump.
The election is not just going to be extremely interesting, but also insanely tight. Latest polls show the percentages of 46,5 % for Clinton and 45,6 % for Trump. If the election is going to be one of the most interesting ones in the history of the United States, it is going to be also one of the closest ones yet.
Especially the European media has implied Trump as a complete buffoon and unsuitable leader for any nation. The nomination of Donald Trump as the president of the United States is seen as disgraceful, scary and also very unexpected. If we consider the political scandals on which Trump has rode his way through his campaign with unexpected success, how on earth the race is still not going to be an easy win for Hillary Clinton?
One of the biggest reasons is the absence of voters. So many voters still think that neither of the candidates is worth their vote and that's why choose not to vote. That makes the statistics and the percentages biased. But let's take a closer look for our candidates to see what makes them so popular and yet, unpopular.
Hillary Clinton has made a long and a successful career in politics. Starting by as the first lady of the president Bill Clinton in the 1990's, Clinton has managed to advance all the way up to the Secretary of State and now possibly for the first female president of the United States. She has been a keen supporter of gender-equality, family values, human rights, middle-class incomes and education-reforms. She has emphasized the establishment of universal preschool and making college more affordable, for instance.
Still, she has managed to smutch her kind and friendly reputation with the e-mail-scandal, which was about using personal e-mail for State affairs during her years as the Secretary of State, causing a major nationwide information security risk. The FBI is still investigating her actions closely during the campaign and to see what major laws she has maybe violated.
Causing a major nationwide information security risk, breaking several laws of the United States and still running for president? That is the questions what the voters for Trump have been thinking
Wall Street favors Clinton's candidacy and especially Goldman Sachs has been a very keen supporter of Clinton's campaign, probably because of her support towards free-trade agreements and financial liberalism. That has also raised conspiracy theories about Bernie Sanders' retreat from his campaign, although the odds may have been ever in his favor. There exist theories that Hillary is not playing it square. Also the general motivation towards the Democratic party has declined during the Obama administration, after several unsuccessful attempts to create a new health-care system and an employment program.
Donald Trump offers, let us say, an alternative for the people who are absolutely not willing to vote for Clinton. Donald Trump is a successful businessman, TV-producer and an estate millionaire. He has no experience from the field of politics and he has soiled in several scandals during his campaign.Whether it has been about building a "Great Wall" for the border of Mexico or the sexual harassment of young women, Trump has managed to stay in the headlines.
Trump appeals to the anxiety of the Americans towards immigration. He has suggested a temporarily ban of all Muslims entering the United States and to exile all illegal Mexican immigrants to reduce crime-rates and the risk of terrorism. Trump's platform includes renegotiation of U.S.–China trade deals, opposition to particular trade agreements such as NAFTA which Clinton has been supporting, reform of veterans' care, and tax cuts.
Trump has also criticized heavily Clinton's policy on Syria. According to him Hillary Clinton wouldn't ease the situation in Syria but just making it worse by denying not to negotiate with Russia and keep on bombing Syria. As a businessman, Trump has been verified to have good and warm connections to Russia.
This might sound very wonderful but there exists a major problem: How? Trump has plenty of ideas but he has no concrete evidence on how to achieve them. With no relevant experience in political decision making, the nomination of Trump would be a game of chance. Populists like Nigel Farage with "Brexit" and Timo Soini with "Jytky" have left the voters not getting exactly what they were promised. I guarantee that this is eventually going to be the case with Donald Trump. I believe that he can't and doesn't know how to implement half of the things he has promised for the American people. Still the rise of anti-immigration atmosphere and nationalism haven't been ever found peaceful during the course of history.
The nomination of Donald Trump as the president of the United States has been considered as a joke from the start. The nomination caused a petition in the United Kingdom to "Block Donald J. Trump from UK entry". The nomination has been described as a threat for world peace to let a temperament person like Donald Trump to a position of such authority and embracing nationalism by "Making America Great Again", not to mention to let him so close to the nuclear launch codes.
Nevertheless, on 8th of November the whole world takes their breath and takes their popcorn out to see where the world is heading next. The game is getting dirtier and dirtier and anything could happen. I personally do care on the matter of which one is chosen, but I think that neither of them would be suitable for the president of the United States. As an ending statement, I suggest you all to watch the video below showing the best bits of the final debate to get a clue from what probably is going to happen and most of all, what is not.
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