On Tuesday, November 8th, Donald Trump was elected to become the next President of the United States.
It came as a surprise to many Canadians, including myself, that Donald Trump won the election, despite his many hateful, racist, and disrespectful comments. However, I think that the majority of voters vot
ed for Trump because of their dislike and distrust for Hillary Clinton, as well as the fact that Trump may have appealed to American voters with some of his various promises and statements. Even so, this result is still concerning.
The end result, as disappointing and unpredictable as it was, might be economically good for the US, but at the expense of Canada and other countries. Trump called the NAFTA ( North American Free Trade Agreement) the worst trade deal in history, and promised to renegotiate it or else just to withdraw from the agreement entirely. I think that in Canada, we might see increased uncertainty as a protectionist Trump government renegotiates trade deals and works to move manufacturing companies back to the US rather than Canada. This would also result in Canadian job loses. Trump additionally does not agree with the climate change deal and says that it is “bad for U.S. business”. This would not only be concerning for Canada, but for other countries too, and would effect global climate change issues. This Trump win will definitely effect Canada, and I fear it may be for the worst, but Justin Trudeau has vowed to “move forward in a positive way”.
not sure which one of them will win. An American might vote for Trump because they agree with his statements and promises, agree with Republican platforms, think that his business experience will make him a good leader, or have heard about controversial issues with Clinton and think Trump is a better suitor. One may vote for Hillary because they agree with the Democratic party’s platforms, believe that her years of political experience will make her a good president, or think that Trump would be a very unsuitable nominee for the position and think that Hillary would be better. Neither of them are ideal candidates. It depends on the Americans; what they value in a president and who they think has those qualities, and if they think that those qualities outshine their negative traits. That will determine who will be the next president of the United States.
ation when they are talked about by other societies. However, if those people don’t agree with what the other society does, they might portray them differently than how they actually are because of their biased beliefs. For example, lots of our information about the Vikings comes from other societies who might perceive them as violent and cruel, but they might not have been as bad as their
reputations said they were. Societies can also create a reputation for themselves. Unfortunately, this could lead us to misinformation because they might exaggerate that they were a great civilization without giving us the whole picture of what they were really like. When Charlemagne’s biographer described him, he might have exaggerated the great things he did rather than telling us about him from a neutral point of view. However, that doesn’t mean that their reputations are not true. Sometimes societies do deserve their reputations, whether they are good or bad. I believe that, for these reasons, societies do not always necessarily deserve the reputations they are given.