Donald Trump
U.S.
presidential candidate, Donald Trump, used the Brexit
victory, regarding Britain voting to leave the European
Union (EU) as a platform to state he has international
political credibility (but within hours proclaimed Brussels
a country, when it is a city in Belgium). Trump has been
stating he wants something similar for America and has
voiced the same online and during political rallies. Trump
used the Brexit win to bash U.S. President, Barack Obama and
presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, both of whom
publicly opposed Britain leaving the European Union, in the
lead up to the vote.
However,
it's not the same thing. Brexit is not the same as Trump's
political platform of banning Muslims from America and
isolating Mexico. Britain has no rule excluding immigrants
from any nation and the United Kingdom has more Muslims
citizens than America. Brexit was about massive immigration
from European Union states and the strain it created on the
NHS (Nation Health System), overcrowding in schools, lack of
affordable homes in London, as well as billions of pounds
being paid out in cash and housing benefits to the influx of
people who came to the country without financial support.
Britons began struggling to get jobs and housing, then
watched as their tax dollars went to people who had just
landed in the country from other parts of the EU.
Hillary Clinton
Brexit was
about white, black and Arab people complaining about
overcrowding and fewer jobs being available due to mass
migration from the European Union, which is mostly white
people. It wasn't a racial matter. However, Trump's campaign took on
a racial tone, as he has insulted minorities - Mexicans,
Muslims and blacks. Trump also insulted women with outright
sexist statements and mocked the disabled, which is wholly
unacceptable. That's a broad cross-section of people Trump
has offended.
For the
life of me I don't know why Trump chose this path. He could
have been elected to office being the rich guy promising to
turn around America's fortunes. Racism, sexism and
xenophobia should not have been apart of his platform,
ruining the prestigious name he once enjoyed, which was
synonymous with wealth.
Barack Obama
Democrats
are now worried the success of the Brexit vote will give
Trump an edge in the election, as it speaks to America's
discontent with the economy. The Democrats' problem is
compounded by the fact Clinton has experienced many
disasters in the area of foreign policy. Proof of this being
Benghazi, spying on the entire United Nations and getting
caught while doing so, trying to illegally obtain the
medical records of former Argentinean President Cristina
Fernandez de Kirchner and the illegal private email server
scandal she is currently under criminal investigation for at
the FBI.
