In the past few weeks, celebrities, such as Caitlyn Jenner and Kanye West, have begun to realize that Trump is not the president he promised he would be. Pre-election, Jenner chose to openly support Trump, which was rather soon after she came out about her gender identity. Many Democrats were surprised, as LGBTQ+ rights are normally something that Republicans do not support. However, Trump assured Jenner and his other LGBTQ+ supporters that he would be an inclusive president and would fight for them at every turn.
What made this declaration particularly appalling was that almost every person attending Trump’s rally cheered at him openly supporting these rights. This is out of character for Trump’s supporters, as they usually are not focused on social rights in this country. Nonetheless, they all cheered, implying they agreed with this idea that LGBTQ+ people were equal. However, recently, Trump announced to the country that he and Mike Pence are working their hardest to make sure that trans individuals would not be allowed to express themselves as they please. The same supporters who were praising his LGBTQ+ support now are calling liberals “snowflakes” for thinking trans people should have the right to identify as they chose.
Soon after this, Jenner denounced Trump, saying he is a traitor and that she feels like a fool for supporting him. Democrats can laugh at her all they want, but the issue is the level of manipulation he has over people. It can only be assumed Jenner and Trump spoke face to face before she said that she would be supporting him for president. Because of this, something he said must have convinced her that he is, in fact, in her corner. As any American who owned a television in the mid-2000s knows, Trump is a businessman. That, of course, implies he knows how to make deals and convince people to take his side. To put it simply, he lied, and Jenner ate it up. Whether it be because she is ignorant or that he is a professional liar does not really matter.
Trump is full of hate, and the sooner his supporters accept that, the sooner they can understand his intentions.
In August 2017, in response to a white nationalist protest, Trump claimed there were good people on both sides. This is appalling, as these so called “very fine people” were flying flags with swastikas on them. The Nazi party did not die with Germany, as this most recent mass shooting in a Pittsburg synagogue proved. Jewish people, in the U.S. in 2018, are being shot and killed for being Jewish. Among the victims of the terrorist attack was a Holocaust survivor. Imagine surviving one of the worst events in human history only to be shot and killed for the same reason, then have the president of the nation it happened in refuse to denounce Nazis for political gain.
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