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Donald Trump's Reputation In Politics

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Donald Trump has said many things that many would consider unwise. One of his famous quotes was, “Likewise, tremendous infectious disease is pouring across the border. The United States has become a dumping ground for Mexico and, in fact, for many other parts of the world."1 That is just one example of how Trump, though he is undeniably a fantastic business man, would make a poor president. For though he is undoubtedly one of the best, if not the best, businessmen in the world, Donald John Trump, Sr. is simply not suited for the world of politics. The reason he is not suited for that world is because he is commonly seen as racist, lacks common sense, and is completely uneducated in politics.
The first point that is in need of being addressed, is that Mr. Trump has the reputation to be a racist person. While there is normally some bias as to whether or not a person’s comments are racist, Trump has taken away any benefit of the doubt that he had when he made this comment:
This was evident just this week when, as an example, a young woman in San Francisco was viciously killed by a five-time deported Mexican with a long criminal record, who was forced back into the United States because they didn’t want him in Mexico. This is merely one of thousands …show more content…

That was a fact that was blatantly evident if some of his speeches about border control. Trump has spoken of border control very poorly, with his thoughts on the matter seeming to be racist. However Trump may feel personally about the border, what he has to realize is that now he is not only speaking on the behalf of himself, he is speaking on the behalf of a country. A country that has maintained very good relations with the Mexican government, and would be unwise to suddenly break off those relations because Donald Trump cannot stop saying things that are slanderous towards the Mexican government, such as the following quote from one of Trump’s

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