Trump, A leader and Our Future President!

I wanted to find a video that spoke about Donald Trump and other candidates about being leaders because it reminded me of a very powerful quote that I remember talking about in class. “Beliefs about success and failure are among the most arbitrary of political constructions and perhaps the least likely to be recognized as arbitrary.” Pg 43. It seems like everybody believes that Donald Trump is the most qualified leader to run the country. But what is it based on? Some people say it’s because he is a simple businessman and others say it’s because he speaks his mind and is not afraid to say what needs to be said. All that he is doing is spreading hatred around the country and the policies that he proposes are about as crazy as 1942 Nazi Germany. If the only things you need to do to become president is run a business that has repeatedly filed for bankruptcy and scream racist profanities at every convention you hold sure that is one way to be a leader. There is nothing that Donald Trump says that is backed by any form of democratic reason. His entire campaign seems to be driven on hatred and who he can point a finger at in order to get his followers angry. At first his attacks on ethnic groups seemed random but in light of all the terrorist activity he has exploited his hate on Muslims and unfortunately his racist and ignorant followers jump on his every whim like he is a genius. I wanted to include this quote from Edelman and feature Donald Trump’s campaign because I feel that it epitomized the quote because so many people who normally aren’t politically active are jumping on the Trump band wagon and using his leadership abilities as their reason for why he would make a good president.