The Daily Gamecock

Student endorsement: Donald Trump

Donald Trump testifies during a civil case at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Monday, March 10, 2014. Buyers have sued to get their 20 percent deposits back, contending that they thought Trump was the developer. (Amy Beth Bennett/Sun Sentinel/MCT)
Donald Trump testifies during a civil case at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Monday, March 10, 2014. Buyers have sued to get their 20 percent deposits back, contending that they thought Trump was the developer. (Amy Beth Bennett/Sun Sentinel/MCT)

A quote frequently misattributed to Albert Einstein says, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”  This is why I support Donald Trump for president: if we continue to elect career politicians who are owned by Wall Street and corporate interests, nothing will ever change.

Liberals call him a racist bigot, and conservatives say that he’s “not a true conservative." Neither of these things is true.

I am sick of hearing people call Trump “anti-immigrant.” Either we have a country, or we don’t. If anyone should be mad about the massive number of illegal immigrants in this country, it is the legal immigrants — those who actually bothered to go through the immigration process. They should be angry that our elected officials are even suggesting a pathway to citizenship for those who broke the law to get here in the first place.

Also, his plan to bring jobs back to America is brilliant: If American companies want to move out of the country in order to pay less in taxes, let them do it, but if they try to bring their products back over the border to sell here, they must pay a 35 percent tax. No companies would leave the United States with this kind of policy, leaving thousands of jobs here at home.

I don’t think people realize the extent of corruption that exists in contemporary politics between politicians and their donors. For example, Marco Rubio's campaign is backed by people with connections to military spending, who benefit from a more hawkish foreign policy — because they’re the ones who build the bombs and military equipment, which they then sell to the government — of course Rubio advocates for a more aggressive foreign policy. This means that Rubio might not support this foreign policy because he thinks it’s what’s best for the country, but because there was a deal made somewhere down the line.

This isn’t right. Our policies should not be a reflection of what big money wants, because big money doesn’t have the country’s best interest at heart.

The more people attack Trump, the more he rises in the polls. Why? Because people are tired of politics as usual. They’re tired of scripted politicians who operate solely on behalf of their donors. They all sound like robots, especially Rubio and Sen. Ted Cruz.

If you want someone honest and trustworthy, who answers to no one but the people, then Donald Trump is the candidate for you.


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