Our new President Donald Trump is the public figure that can be considered the most tragic person in our news today. He is tragic figure because many people believe that he is a bigot and a racist. Many people think that Donald Trump should be impeached because his actions have stopped a lot people from returning home to their families. Also he has built a wall at the Mexican border at the Gulf of Mexico keeping Mexicans from entering the United States illegally.
Trumps slogan "Together, we will Make America Great Again!" (https://www.donaldjtrump.com/) has made many Americans upset. They feel like he is being condescending towards our former President Barack Obama and African Americans. Most people have taken the slogan as him saying America was not great because Barack Obama was running the country. Since he is considered to be an African American many feel as if Trump is saying the country is back to way it should be and better because another rich Caucasian man is running the country.
"Suspended the entire US refugee admissions system for 120 days, even though it was already one of the most rigorous vetting regimens in the world, taking 18 to 24 months and requiring interviews and background checks through multiple federal agencies. Trump has said he wants more strictures – but has not described them" (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/28/trump-immigration-ban-syria-muslims-reaction-lawsuits). Trumps ideology was that he is keeping American's safe from terrorists that have been plotting to come into America and attack. However, what he ended doing was keeping a lot of people who already lived in America and were overseas working in the Middle East from coming home because he banned flights to America for certain Middle Eastern countries. This hurt many families because some contract workers and even people the Military were not allowed to come home. Some people who lived America already and were of the Middle Eastern ethnicity were refused flights back to America. They ended loses their homes, cars and other possessions that they have because of President Trump's ban. Many Americans do like Trump's orders and are trying to everything they can to stop him from making illegal orders. Even a judge said that Trump's actions were illegal and dangerous.
Trump's Presidency can be compared to classical tragedies. His presidency is like classical tragedies because he has been deemed as a hero but he has many character flaws. For example, Oedipus was seen as a hero because he solved the riddle of the Sphinx and became the king of Thebes. Once he became the king he helped the suffering country become a better place to lived. In comparison, Trump's presidency made him a hero to White Americans and others who voted him into the White House. Many people feel that Donald Trump is going to make America a better place to live and make a America a great country again simply because he is Caucasian. Those people who voted for him feel like he saved us from "A NIGGER" known as our former president Barack Obama. Oedipus's tragic character flaws were his arrogance, ignorance, prudence and he was boisterous; Donald Trump has the same character flaws. Both of them can not see what other people see because they are naïve when it comes to living in a normal working middle or lower class person's life. They are both seen as great to many and a great danger to a few.
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