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Donald Trump: A President Who Hates His People

Anthony Giuffrida
Senior Seminar
WRT 480
Research Paper

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On June 16, 2015, America and the world laughed together as Donald Trump announced

his candidacy for President of the United States of America. A little less than two years later and

the shock hasn't entirely set in for everyone. Many thought it was a joke, that it would never

happen, that Donald Trump could never become President of the United States of America of

America. Then slowly his support grew, and as the country tore itself apart, more people backed

him in a blind attempt to support anyone. The very people he discriminated against voted for

him, and now America is in ruins. On January 20, 2017, the most ignorant President of the

United States of America was sworn into office as protests raged in the streets of the country.

Donald J. Trump, son of real estate tycoon Fred Trump, was born into a lavish life of

money and fame. Despite generous loans from his father, Donald Trump spent years digging

financial holes, filing for bankruptcy multiple times before actually becoming fiscally successful.

Now as the the wealthiest president in the history of the United States of America, Donald Trump

has more power and influence then ever before. Giving such power to a closed-minded and

opinionated individual is dangerous, and many are afraid of the changes Donald Trump will

bring to this country. I would argue, however, that even before his election as President, Donald

Trumps destructive path of discrimination had already struck the country.

The racial tensions in America are the highest they've been since segregation was still

legal. Muslim discrimination is the highest its been since the terrorist attacks on 9/11. Those who

lead a non-heterosexual life are being bullied into hiding and depression. Women are being

assaulted and raped while men with power turn a blind eye. Our country is now filled with hate

groups, committing hate crimes against its very own citizens. I believe that the promotion of

discrimination evident by Donald Trump actions towards women and Muslims is positively
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correlated with the rise in hate crimes committed against these certain groups in the United

States of America.

Evidence of Trumps discrimination against women and Muslims are easy to find. One

could simply look at his Twitter, or into past speeches, interviews, or any interactions with the

media. Actually, it is more difficult to find instances of President Trump not discriminating

against someone or a group of people when engaging with the media than it is finding examples

of discriminatory remarks. Unfortunately, Donald Trump has become our President, but his

words, that are going to be discussed, should not represent the country.

During the final presidential debate, Donald Trump stated, No one respects women more

than I do. Yet his history of vulgar and discriminatory comments and aggressive actions against

women suggest otherwise. Trump has repeatedly criticized women for being overweight, stating,

She ate like a pig and Id look her in that fat, ugly face of hers (Zezima 2016). Also, in 2015,

after supermodel Heidi Klum gained a small amount of weight, Trump responded, saying, Heidi

Klum. Sadly, she's no longer a 10 (Cohen 2016). Supporters of Trump claim many of these

comments are old and that the current president has changed. Less than one month before

election day, Trump attacked Miss Universe winner Alicia Machado on twitter, calling her Miss

Piggy (Cohen 2016). When questioned about the comments, Trump continued to bash Machado

for her weight, She was the winner and she gained a massive amount of weight, and it was a

real problem for us (Cohen 2016). But Trumps comments are not only designated to making fun

of women who struggle with weight issues. He has also made sexually explicit remarks about

how he would treat certain women, and how he actually treats women in certain instances. In a

video interview with a female reporter Trump claims the she wouldn't have a job if she wasn't so
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beautiful and that he would like to see her on The Apprentice on her knees (Zezima 2016). In

an interview with Esquire, Trump commented on female reporters, stating, You know, it really

doesnt matter what they write as long as youve got a young and beautiful piece of ass (Cohen

2016). Additionally, in an article by New York Times, when asked about how to treat women,

Trump was quoted saying, You have to treat em like shit (Cohen 2016). His actions support

his words, as Trump bragged about grabbing women by the pussy and I did try to fuck her.

She was married (Cohen 2016). Multiple former employees have stated that on the set of The

Apprentice, Trump would rate women by breast size and openly talk about who he would have

sex with, once asking , Youd fuck her, wouldnt you? Id fuck her. Cmon wouldnt

you? (Cohen 2016). Yet, as many women come out with sexual assault allegations against

Trump, he simply denies all of them from happening (Blake 2017), saying the allegation are too

old to be taken seriously and that some of the women are too unattractive for these claims to be

true (Ross 2016). In fact, when questioned by a female reporter about these numerous claims,

Trump called the woman, a disgusting human being" (Ross 2016). All of these comments are

alarming and highly inappropriate, but Trump has also made comments about his own daughter

in an ancestral way, calling her voluptuous and stating shes got the best body (Cohen 2016).

Trumps appearance on The View reenforced his sexual views of his daughter when he said If

Ivanka werent my daughter, perhaps Id be dating her (Cohen 2016). Trump has even

commented on the appearance of very young underaged girls. During a radio show with Howard

Stern, Trump admitted that at the age of 12, Paris Hilton was beautiful and that the first time he

saw her, he exclaimed, Who the hell is that? (Cohen 2016). An TV appearance on

Entertainment Tonight showed Trump watching a young group of girls in Trump Tower as he
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remarked, I am going to be dating her in 10 years. Can you believe it? (Blake 2016). The

young girl he was referencing was only ten years old (Cohen 2016). Trumps words and actions

have continuously proved that he lacks any respect for women, no matter what his current claims

are.

Proof that Trump is sexist is easily obtainable from the many various disgusting

comments above, but can also be found by those involved in his campaign. Elizabeth Mae

Davidson, who was Trumps field organizer in Davenport Iowa, was fired for making comments

against Trump and his campaign (Gabriel 2016). She claimed that men doing the same job were

paid more and allowed to plan and speak at rallies, while her requests to do so were

ignored (Gabriel 2016). Trump denied all of these allegations, but public records confirmed her

statements about unequal pay. Ms. Davidson was paid $2,000 per month for her position, while

multiple male employees who held the exact same position were paid anywhere from $3,500 to

$4,000 per month (Gabriel 2016). Trumps denial of sexism and discrimination cannot change

the facts of his unequal pay to campaign employees.

Putting people who have such discriminatory views towards women, like Trump, in high

power professions is a dangerous action, because it normalizes these inappropriate behaviors and

promotes others to act the same way. The President of the United States of America is supposed

to be a role model for all citizens, especially children, but Trumps words and actions are the

complete opposite of what the President should be doing. Trumps poor choices have been

influencing Americans before he even took office, and since his announcement for Presidency in

2015, the country has become more sexist as a whole. Violence against women has greatly

increased, and according to the FBI, since 2015 rape has increased by an astonishing 18.6 %
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(FBI 2016). Indria Henard, executive director of the DC Rape Crisis Center is alarmed with the

climbing number of calls the center is receiving, declaring, [theres been] a significant increase

around 15 percent over the last few months. Ever since [Election] night we've seen an

increase (David 2016). Universities across the country have seen dramatic climbs in sexual

assault cases, yet the number of arrests made have not increased (Nunez 2016). Could be

possible that because our current President has be accused of sexual assault by over a dozen

women and has never been arrested, that the country has been desensitized to how big of an issue

sexual assault is? (Foran, 2016). This would explain why the majority of Americans believed the

women who accused Trump of sexual assault, yet he was elected President regardless(Foran

2016). Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), the nations largest anti-sexual

violence organization, has alarming statistics regarding regarding rape and arrests being made,

out of every 1,000 rapes, 994 perpetrators will walk free. Perpetrators of sexual violence are

less likely to go to jail or prison than any other criminals (David, 2016). This incredible number

is a sad reflection of the way women are discriminated against in America, and it all starts with

our President, Donald Trump. Trump nearly went to trial for raping a 13 year old girl, who had

multiple eyewitnesses ready to testify and confirm her allegations, but the charges were dropped

at the last minute (David 2016). Lisa Bloom, the prosecuting attorney, stated the charges were

dropped due to a fear for her clients life and the safety of her family, after receiving multiple

threats against her life (David 2016). If the United States of America cant even hold their own

President responsible for his sexual crimes against women, and even young girls, why would

men be discouraged to act the same way? More importantly, how are women and girls supposed
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to feel safe in a country that neglects to punish those criminals who who sexually assault and

rape them?

Since President Donald Trump was elected, the female youth has already begun to feel

the discrimination President Donald Trump has engaged in and supported against women.

Teenage girls already feel the effect of President Donald Trump, as evident in this quote, A

national poll of teenage girls conducted for The New York Times found that forty-two percent

said that the way Trump talks about women has influenced the way they think about their own

bodies (Foran 2016). Not only are girls and young women already internalizing the negative

things President Donald Trump says about women, they are being subject to hate groups and

demonstrations. After the election of President Donald Trump, many of his supporters celebrated

by holding a variety of different anti-something demonstrations that discriminated against certain

groups. These incidents included forty anti-women demonstrations (Potok 2017). What was even

more alarming was the environment these anti-women demonstrations took place in. Educated

college male students held the majority of these anti-women demonstrations on university

campuses and some even took place in K-12 schools (Potok 2017). President Donald Trump is

poisoning our precious youth and the outcome could be more detrimental than anyone can

assume. A man who once bragged about sexually assaulting multiple females is now President of

the United States of America, and since his announcement of his Presidential candidacy in 2015,

his influence has already damaged the youth of today.

Women aren't the only group of people Trump discriminates against, however,

and in his short time already spent in office, Trump has begun to alienate Muslims across the

country and across the world. On January 27, 2017, Trump signed into effect Executive Order
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13769, an order that decreases the amount of immigrants admitted to the United Sates

exponentially, with the all the of countries effected being predominantly Muslim in in nature.

The ban was originally set to ban immigrants for 90 days from seven Muslim countries: Iran,

Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen (Singhvi and Parlapiano 2017). All refugees were

banned for 120 days, while Syrian refugees were banned indefinitely by the order (Singhvi and

Parlapiano 2017). The ban bars all visitors, students, workers, new immigrants, and refugees

from these countries without exception (Singhvi and Parlapiano 2017). This resulted in over

100,000 already approved and issued visas being revoked, including those of immigrants already

living in the US (Singhvi and Parlapiano 2017). The resulting ban has denied over 218 million

immigrants the ability to travel to the United States of America (Ellis and Marco 2017). The ban

was heavily criticized by Unites States citizens as well as people from around the world.

Although President Donald Trump has referred to this ban as the Muslim Ban as early as

2015, he now refuses to call it such, stating it is now an immigration decrease, in an attempt to

hide what it really is. What seems like obvious discrimination and an unconstitutional ban

directed Muslims, President Donald Trump is saved by the plenary power doctrine which gives

the federal government absolute power over all immigration issues (Somin 2017). In fact, on

multiple occasions already, the Supreme Court has established that the plenary power doctrine

can allow for discriminatory laws and bans that should be considered illegal and unconstitutional

(Somin 2017). As one of the most strict bans on immigration in the history of the United States

of America, and one of the most discriminatory acts ever put into power by the President, it can

only be compared to the Jim Crow laws. Although the Jim Crow laws were not directed at

immigrants or a religious group, it was directed at a race and held the same principals as
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President Donald Trumps Muslim ban (Somin 2017). The Jim Crow laws were established to

decrease the amount of African American voters by requiring voters to pass various reading and

literacy tests. Since most African Americans were denied education, this greatly decreased the

number of African American voters without explicitly discriminating against African Americans

in the verbiage of the law. Now, we as a country look back at the Jim Crow laws in disgust

because of what it was and what it did, but President Donald Trump is implementing the same

ideology with this Muslim ban. Executive Order 13769 does not even mention the word Muslim

in it, yet banning immigrants from these countries is obvious discrimination towards the religious

group (Somin 2017). President Donald Trump and his supporters are misguided in their attempts

to prevent radical Islamic terrorists from entering the United States of America, and, as a result,

have alienated Muslims in the process.

The Muslim ban created and passed by President Donald Trump as caused widespread

protests to occur across the United States of America, at airports, universities, and various other

locations countrywide. Protesters of this ban, however, are not the only ones at this

demonstrations, as some Trump supporters have also voiced their support of the Muslim ban.

Many of these protests have turned violent with the mix of the pro-and-anti Trump crowds, the

most recent being in Berkeley California on April 15, 2017 (Ellis and Marco 2017). Over twenty

people were arrested, with seven of the eleven injured needing hospital care (Ellis and Marco

2017). Many of Trumps supporters have backed the ban with the idea that it will prevent racial

Islamic extremists from entering the country, which is President Donald Trumps main argument

to support this ban. But history of terroristic attacks in the United States of America will not

validate the ban. The Cato Institute, which analyzes terror immigration risks, has stated that no
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refugee, including Syrian refugees, have even been implicated in a fatal terroristic attack in the

United States of America since the Refugee Act of 1980, which was established as strict

procedures on admittance of refugees into the United States of America (Levenson 2017). Before

the Refugee Act of 1980 was established, only three refugees had committed terrorist attacks,

with all three of the instances being committed by Cuban refugees (Levenson 2017). The fact is

that the most terrorist attacks carried out on United States of America soil have been committed

by US-born citizens or legal residents who have immigrated from countries not included on

Presidents Trumps Muslim ban (Levenson 2017). This would include the incident that is

believed to have started President Donald Trumps idea of the Muslim ban in 2015, long before

he ever took office.

President Donald Trumps first mention of a Muslim ban came back in December, 2015,

when he actually referred to the ban as a Muslim ban before he tried to hide it as something it is

not (Levenson 2017). The Muslim ban came as a response to a shooting in California where

couple Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik murdered fourteen people (Levenson 2017). If the ban

was in place, would this shooting have been avoided? The concrete and definitive answer to this

question is no, because the Muslim ban would not have affected the immigration of Tashfeen

Malik. Tashfeen Malik immigrated from Saudi Arabia and was born in Pakistan, two countries

absent from the list of prohibited countries on the Muslim ban (Levenson 2017). Her husband,

Syed Farook, was born and raised in Chicago and both were legal permanent residents of the

United States of America (Levenson 2017). Other terroristic attacks Trump supporters reference

in defense of the Muslim ban are equally unrelated to the countries listed on Muslim ban and

would have happened despite the discriminatory order issued by President Donald Trump. The
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deadliest mass in United States of America history, the terror attack at a gay club in Orlando, was

carried out by an American citizen born in New York (Levenson 2017). The parents of shooter

Omar Mateen emigrated from Afghanistan, which is also absent from the Muslim ban (Levenson

2017). Omar Mateens widow, who was more recently charged in aiding for husbands pledge to

ISIS, was also a United States of America citizen who was raised in California (Levenson 2017).

She emigrated to the United States of America at a young age with her parents from The West

Bank, another country not listed on the Muslim ban. Ahmad Kahn Rahimi, who orchestrated

multiple bombings in New York and New Jersey that injured twenty-nine people last year, was

also a naturalized US citizen (Levenson 2017). Ahmad was born in Afghanistan and had visited

both Afghanistan and Pakistan before the bombings occurred (Levenson 2017). Neither country

is mentioned in the Muslim ban. Brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the terrorists who

carried out the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, were both born in Kyrgyzstan (Levenson

2017). Their parents both were originally from Chechnya, and the family moved to the United

Staes and were granted political asylum when the youngest brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was

eight years old (Levenson 2017). Dzhokhar was a naturalized citizen of the United States of

America starting in September 2012 (Levenson 2017). Both the brothers country of origin,

Kyrgyzstan, and their parents home country of Chechnya, are not included on the Muslim ban.

The most horrific and devastating terrorist attack on American soil, 9/11, resulted in one of the

most deliberate and planned out terror attacks ever in the history of the world. Nineteen Islamic

extremists highjackers were involved in the coordinated attack, with the majority of them (fifteen

of the total nineteen) coming from Saudi Arabia (Levenson 2017). The other four high jackers

were from The United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Lebanon (Levenson 2017). Of these four
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countries that housed the terrorists who completed the fatal acts completed on 9/11, none of these

countries are mentioned in the Muslim ban.

With no terrorist attacks committed by immigrants from banned countries listed in the

Muslim ban, the question must be raised, why is President Donald Trump banning immigrants

from these countries? Is President Donald Trump holding these possible American immigrants

responsible for the actions committed by a select few individuals who have committed terrorist

acts outside the United States of America? Is the Muslim ban increasing hate crimes and

discrimination against all Muslims in the United States of America, even those who were born

here in America? The actions President Donald Trump has taken against Muslims by enforcing

the Muslim ban raises many questions about the motive of the ban and why these specific

countries were chosen.

These questions are being asked and discussed by many scholars in the field of Islamic

studies, many of whom appeal the idea of the Muslim ban. This would include Dr. John Esposito

of Georgetown University who raised some of the same questions, The question becomes, why

identify these countries and not identify countries where in fact citizens have been involved in

acts of terrorism within the United States of America? (Farivar 2017). Sociology Professor

Charles Kurzman of North Carolina of Chapel Hill also raises concerns over the countries chosen

by President Donald Trump to be included on the Muslim ban, and referenced that of the four

hundred and fourteen Muslim Americans associated with violent extremism in the past fifteen

years, only twenty-three percent had family ties to the seven countries included in the Muslim

ban (Farivar 2017). Furthermore, zero percent of Muslims involved in deadly terrorists attacks in

the United States of America were born in these countries, and zero percent of Muslims involved
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in lethal terrorist attacks since 9/11 in the Unites States have any family ties or backgrounds to

any of the countries listed in President Donald Trumps Muslim ban (Farivar 2017). Other

educated individuals close to the subject matter voiced concerns about what the Muslim ban

could result in.

President Donald Trump has stated on numerous occasions that Muslim ban is in place to

ensure the safety of Americans. But this ban could do the exact opposite of what President

Donald Trump intendeds, so says James J. Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute.

Instead of protecting Americans, Zogby claims the ban adds motivation for ISIS, What the

various provisions of the executive order have done is deepen Arab popular anger at the United

States of America, provide ISIS with a public relations gift, fuel Islamophobic fear here at home,

while, at the same time, exacerbating sectarian tensions within the Arab community (Zogby

2017). Instead of turning away extremists and terrorists, the ban is turning away students,

Muslims who seek to visit family members already living in the United States of America, and

business individuals (Zogby 2017). Many fellow Muslims, Arabians, and even Americans are

sympathizing with those individuals who are affected by this Muslim ban, This has produced

deeply moving stories of separated families, broken promises, shattered dreams and personal hurt

that have intensified anti-American sentiment across the Middle East (Zogby 2017). Tom

Reagan, Nieman Fellow at Harvard and a decorated journalist, agrees with Zogbys fear that the

ban will promote violence than it will prevent (Reagan). Reagan also points out some of

President Donald Trumps own cabinet agree with this notion, World leaders, even some senior

members in Trump's own Republican Party, condemned the move, saying it would lead to
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increased, not less, terrorism (Reagan 2017). In addition to these points, Reagan is also critical

of how the Muslim ban was put into effect without warning or preparation:

It also turns out that officials at Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Citizenship

and Immigration Services were not informed of the action until Trump was signing it.

This process led to mass confusion at airports across the United States of America,

particularly after a series of judges issued injunctions against the executive order. Were

Green Card holders, who had already been vetted by the government, going to be

allowed in? In some places yes; in some places no. At Washington Dulles International

Airport, Customs and Immigration agents deliberately ignored court orders, raising

questions of contempt of court and a constitutional crisis. (Reagan 2017)

The chaos the Muslim ban caused resulted in Muslims being detained, interrogated, and deported

back to the countries in which they came from without explanation or cause (Zogby 2017). Many

question wether the delayed announcement of the Executive Order was to hide the President

Donald Trumps true intent, to specially ban Muslims (Reagan 2017). Despite the fact President

Donald Trump has denied this notion multiple times, some of his political figured supporters

have publicly stated otherwise, New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who said that the move was

designed to ban Muslims (Reagan 2017). Just like how the implementation of the Muslim ban

was unorganized and half fast, the defense of what it actually is follows the same chaotic trend. If

President Donald Trump really wants to convince the American people that Executive Order

13769 it is not simply a Muslim Ban, maybe he should tell his political supporters to not

contradict his message.

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Since President Donald Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United

States of America of America in 2015, the country has experienced sharp and drastic increases in

numerous statistics that measure hate crimes and groups. In fact, nearly every statistic involving

hate groups and crimes have increased since 2015, especially those involving Muslims. The FBI

tracks hate crimes committed every year, and also subgroups them into different categories,

including which group was victimized. In 2015, hate crimes against Muslims increased by an

enormous sixty-seven percent (Hate groups 2017). The number of aggravated or simple assaults

committed by an anti-Muslim perpetrators increased to ninety-one in 2015, thirty-five more

cases than the year before and the most in a year since 2001 (Kishi 2017). A related statistic, the

number of intimidation crimes (threatening bodily harm) directed at Muslims reached one

hundred and twenty in 2015, again the most in a year since 2001 (Kishi 2017). Along with the

increases, crimes committed against Muslims differed greatly from crimes directed at other

religions. Most crimes committed by individuals with biases against a certain religion are not

directed at a person, and rather are usually acts of vandalism (Kishi 2017). In 2015, sixty-four

percent of anti-Jewish crimes were acts of vandalism and fifty-one percent of anti-Catholic

crimes were of the same nature (Kishi 2017). When you compare these to the percentages to anti-

Muslim crimes, it isn't even close. Of the anti-Muslim crimes committed in 2015, seventy-one

percent were directly targeted at Muslim individuals while only twenty-three percent were acts of

vandalism (Kishi 2017). This shows that hate crimes directed at Muslims are much more likely

to be violent, or at least threaten violence, then hate crimes directed at any other religion.

Even with such large increases in hate crimes in 2015, especially those who victimized

Muslims, 2016 saw even higher numbers, although not nearly as much data is available since the
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FBI hasn't released its hate crime statistics for 2016 yet. However, other groups, such as the

Southern Poverty Law Center, is constantly collecting data about hate crimes and publishing

their results. The number of hate groups overall increased last year in 2016 to nine hundred and

seventeen, which is, high by historic standards (Hate groups 2017). What is most concerning

about this statistic, is the increase in anti- Muslim hate groups. In 2015, there was thirty-four

anti- Muslim hate groups (Hate groups). By 2016, that number had nearly tripled, as the number

of anti- Muslim hate groups skyrocketed to an insane one hundred and one hate groups (Hate

groups 2017). Despite such large increases in hate crimes and hate groups since 2015, the

Southern Poverty Law Center actually suggests that the numbers are most likely understated,

The overall number of hate groups likely understates the real level of organized hatred in

America as a growing number of extremists operate mainly online and are not formally affiliated

with hate groups (Hate groups). The number of hate crimes commuted spiked immediately

following the election of President Donald Trump, helping solidify that the two subjects are

related, with eight hundred and sixty-seven hate incidents be reported in a short ten day span

following President Donald Trumps election (Potok 2017). Eventually this number tapered off

and stop increasing at such a substantial rate, but it did continue to climb slowly. At thirty-four

days after the election of Trump, the number of biased events increased to one thousand and

ninety-four (Potok 2017). Of these events, almost forty percent either referenced, or in many

cases, directly quoted the newly elected President Donald Trump (Potok 2017). The rise is most

evident in the most concerning environment; schools. Eight hundred and six anti-something

incidents occurred either on University campuses or in a K-12 school (Potok 2017). The highest

portion of this was by anti-Muslim incidents, which accounted for three hundred and twenty-nine
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of those incidents (Potok 2017). Trump supporters are trying to flip the card with instances of

have crimes committed against them, and while there are some legitimate cases, the numbers are

not comparable at all. For instance, of the Eight hundred and six anti-something incidents

occurred either on University campuses or in a K-12 school, only twenty-three were considered

anti-Trump incidents, less than three percent of all incidents (Potok 2017). So if Trump

supporters try to pull the victim card, they are most likely not the victims, and in fact, they

could be the perpetrator of these many hate crimes committed against Muslims.

Despite the discriminatory actions produced by President Donald Trump both before and

after his election to office, it is a stretch to say succinctly that his actions of discrimination

towards certain minority groups and his rising influence over the country is the direct reason why

hate crimes have increased in the past few years. There is a positive correlation in Donald

Trumps rise in the political ranks and an increase in hate crimes towards specific minority

groups he has discriminated against, such as women and Muslims, in the past and currently in the

present as President of the United States of America of America. However, it is impossible to say

these subjects are related definitively.

Further research is needed in this subject to substantiate a definitive positive correlation

between Donald Trumps rise in the political ranks and an increase in hate crimes towards

specific minority groups he has discriminated against, such as women and Muslims. This

research could be completed in a various number of ways. The most efficient and easy way to do

this would to be track hate crime offenders and research their political views to see if they are

supporters of President Donald Trump. Other measures taken to find a positive correlation could

be experiments in which people are subjected President Donald Trump media which
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discriminates against minorities groups and then survey questions in which the individuals then

answer question about how they feel about these groups to successfully measure how influential

President Donald Trump is on citizens of the Unite States.

To conclude this paper, now elected President Donald Trump is a vey controversial

figure, despite rising the political ranks very quickly to score his current position of President of

the United States of America of America. His past is full of discriminatory actions and dialogue

towards women. These actions and statements are not only rude, disgusting, and repulsive, but

are also evidence that President Donald Trump has actually committed sexual crimes against

women in the past. Despite this being public knowledge before the election occurred, American

citizens still explicably chose him to serve four years as the President of the United States of

America of America. Now, as his influence has reached new heights, it is important for the

American people to see the influence he has on the country, and how it relates to an increase in

hate crimes committed against women. Oppression against women has climbed along coherently

with President Donald Trumps quick rise in the field of politics, and it is imperative for the sake

of women in the United Sates that hate crimes against women do not continue to climb at the rate

they have in the past few years.

Along with the rise in discrimination against women, and equally alarming rise in hate

crimes committed against Muslims has also been observed. The United States of America of

America was recently, and historically, considered an accepting melting pot where people of all

cultures, races, and religions were accepted. Now, unfortunately, the United States of America of

America has one of the strictest immigration bans when it comes to admitting Muslims due to

Executive Order 13769. Although this ban does not specifically limit immigration of Muslims, it
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does limit the immigration of individuals in seven different countries that are almost exclusively

inhabited by Muslims. It also limits the amount of refugees immigrating to the United Staes of

America, which is also a demographic largely dominated by Muslims. Despite President Donald

Trumps current denial that Executive Order 13769 is a Muslim ban, his previous statements

dating back to 2015 state otherwise, when he actually referred to the idea of the Muslim ban.

Since 2015, when President Donald Trump first announced his candidacy for President and also

referenced the idea of a Muslim ban to take affect if he was elected President, discrimination and

hate crimes committed against Muslims has risen in dramatic fashion. This discrimination is ill

placed, as is the Muslim ban, which was put into effect to try and prevent radical Islamic

terrorists from immigration into the United States of America of America. But this is not the case

and is simply an excuse to reduce the amount of Muslim immigrants traveling to the Unites

States of America, since no terrorist attacks have happened on American soil with immigrants

from the countries listed on the Muslim ban.

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