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  • Essay / Donald Trump: a polarizing candidate in the 2016 elections

    And that makes common sense. This is common sense. They're not sending us the right people. This comes from more than just Mexico. It comes from all over South America and Latin America, and it probably – probably – comes from the Middle East. But we don't know that. Because we have no protection and no skills, we don't know what's going on. And it has to stop and it has to stop quickly. This is just one of many offensive comments he made throughout his campaign, which I intend to analyze in an effort to understand systemic racism in America. Trump's campaign focused on the highly controversial topic of immigration policies and the construction of a "Great Wall" intended to keep the Mexican people, in particular, out of the United States. The idea that someone like Donald Trump could become President of the United States of America has struck fear into the hearts of the American people. With the slogan "Make America Great Again", Trump emphasized that America has failed because of its "soft" policies towards other countries and its plan.