Nearly everyone who is reading this will have heard of the man who goes by the name of Donald Trump. However for the small number of people who don’t, the best way to picture Donald Trump is by thinking of an oversized oompa-loompa, from the original Charlie and The Chocolate Factory movie.
Mr. Trump hasn’t just got the looks; in fact he has been a focal point of controversy throughout the media over the last couple of months. On the 8th of November, Trump was appointed President of the United States by the system of the election, not the people of the election, with Hilary Clinton gaining more votes than him but yet still losing out on the place in the Oval Office. If this divisive event wasn’t enough, Trump has now ordered a ban on individuals from a list of seven countries, entering the USA. These countries happen to have large populations of Muslims. Of course this has caused a lot of outrage across the globe and to be honest it’s not hard to see why. It was only the other day when one of my peers pointed out, the similarities between Hitler’s election, and Donald Trump’s election. What’s his next “far right” policy going to be, only men with an orange tan and a blonde wig are allowed to work or go into certain bars?
However Trump won’t be getting away with his xenophobic policy without the people of Britain having something to say about it. They have proposed that Donald Trump, the man himself, should be banned from our country. A petition was sent out, hoping to get 100,000 signatures so a parliamentary debate could take place about the issue. In a quick turn of events this number soon surpassed its goal and has an approximated one million signatures on it. Nevertheless this proposal was soon repelled by Theresa May, after a 10 Downing Street spokesperson stated that the invitation to the country had already been sent to Trump.
I think it was important that the people stood up to Donald Trump, we can’t allow a modern day bully to get away with such things. However we need to think further into the future. How will this effect our relationship with the USA? With tensions growing in the East with China I sure don’t want to be caught in the crossfire if it comes to a nuclear war.
Tom Hare
