This article is about a man who got deported several years ago for smuggling heroin across the border to raise money to buy cows or a tractor, because he is a farmer. He smuggled the heroin over in his shoe, which he says many farmers and ranchers from Mexico do. He had done this 50 times before he got caught and spent two years here in federal prison, then he was deported. The writer of this article says while he was interviewing this man he thought about the wall Trump wants to build. He gives statistics about how walls in other countries have made a huge difference in illegal immigration, but not drugs. He says heroin is so easy to cross over a border because it is small and easy to condense and cut later. He says the wall will just stop communication between US and Mexico, and that we need to do something different to prevent drugs from coming over. In my opinion, a wall will stop communications, but I do think it would stop drugs also. If you can't get here, then how will you get drugs here? I also think legal immigration should be easier so people don't have to smuggle drugs to get here and get money. But Trump doesn't just want the wall for drugs so there is a bigger picture to this issue.
I agree that drugs would be more difficult to get across the border. People need to hide the drugs on them or with them, so how would the drugs get to the other side without the people? It is crazy how he has to smuggle drugs to make money as a farmer. I am sure there are many ways I don't know about to get drugs over the border, even with a wall, but I am sure the majority of ways requires the people to go over the boarder with the drugs.
I think the wall will reduce drug smuggling but it wouldn't stop it. There will always be that one person that ruins things. I dont understand why he smuggled drugs to be a framer there are so many other things he could've done. He did it for 50 years if he was able to get away with it for that long I'm sure someone else will too. I personal believe you can't stop it just reduce it.
This article is about Trump and ELijah Cummings canceling a meeting. Trump claims that Cummings was very excited to have a meeting with him, but after repeated calls, did not answer and schedule one because Cummings thought it was "bad politics". On Cummings' side of the story, he does not understand why Trump said these things, claiming that he or his staff did not receive any calls for the meeting. But he does say that Trump was probably just misinformed by staff, and is still very excited to see him and is hopeful for his next four years as president.
Okay, so about this wall... the wall that Trump "plans" on building across the Mexico-United States border is estimated to cost about $12- $15 billion dollars. Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto, still stands by his word that he will still not pay for this wall. Yet, Trump still tells Americans that Mexico will be the ones funding this border wall. I think that the Mexican President will just ignore President Trump or just cancel meetings with him because he just can. What is Trump going to do if Enrique doesn't talk to him? Go over and just take Mexico's money without their consent? No, what's gonna happen is this whole wall ordeal is going to get dragged on for years and never get built, OR Trump is going to build it with his own money.
There is no possible way Trump could ever force Mexico to pay for his ridiculous wall idea, people are just as ridiculous for believe trump when he said this. Where this money is coming from i have no clue, but overall Anericans will not pay for this wall through taxes. And the people who thought Donald was a godsend are starting to rethink due to his failure so far in office.
President Enrique has already talked about building their own wall to the south of their border to stop illegal immigrants, in the case of funding for our wall, We will be doing an import export tax with mexico and the taxes the us collects from mexico will pay for the wall. I don't think this plan will work tho a wall in any case will not work for our country we are not Jerusalem. In many cases with me supporting Trump so far in his first 100 days I do not think I will vote for him in his re-election, unless he turns around. But I don't know now, the only smart decision so far "Mad Dog",
A wall will not stop people who want to come to America from coming. If people can escape from North Korea and prisons, crossing a wall is not going to be difficult. The idea of a wall, boarders and more security may not be a bad idea. The problem is that it will not be free and America is in huge debt. Will spending millions of dollars for this wall be actually worth it?
In this article, Phillip Bump tells the event of President Trump recently making a comment towards a black reporter many took as disrespectful. While the reporter asked trump if he would be meeting with the CBC or the congressional black caucus anytime soon, the president responded with "are they your friends?". I can see where people saw this as wrong, because i see it that way too. Saying that all black people are inherently friends with each other is a generalization and wrong. This isn't an acceptable comment by a president, although Trump has made many of those previously.
I agree that it was very disrespectful of Trump to say that. He probably thought the reporter was being rude by what she said but when you're the president you can't assume and then make a comment like that. He should be a leader and he should have just answered the question, which the answer was yes anyway. There was absolutely no point in making that comment.
So about Trump, in the case of him going out to the public during the early stages of him presidency I think it's a great idea. Yes, he does add gasoline to the fire of disarray of the election and I love it. The constant whining of radical liberals rioting and throwing a temper tantrum like 5 year old's. If this continues the National Guard will be called and the temper tantrum will cease. Now in the case of the president support many people still like him until he screws up big time. But I hope not, wanting the president to fail is like wanting to sink a ship. WE ARE ALL ON! let that sink in.
This article talked about Betsy DeVos and the peoples hatred towards her. Protesters blocked her from entering a Washington middle school which is unusual to see. At the same time, it is understandable why protests are going on regarding her becoming secretary of education. Congress was literally split. That means that half of the people approved her to be secretary of education and half did not. Half of congress is a huge number. Some people may be shocked on why the congressmen approved her. It is common for a secretary of education to not have much experience with school, and the things and problems that are happening. Her belief on guns in schools should be left for the states to decide may questions some people. She mentioned an elementary school in Wapiti, Wyoming, that had built a fence to protect children from wildlife. "I think probably there, I would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies," DeVos said. Some people were shocked at that statement because they thought that an argument that potential grizzly attacks in a school in the middle of a angered wildlife zone wasn't good enough for schools to have a gun of some sort.
In this article some people are questioning President Trumps mental health. Representative Ted Lieu, California Democrat , was thinking about proposing a legislation would require a White House psychiatrist.They are saying he might have personality disorder due to his behaviors and all the things his been doing the past month and a half. If this is true people would question his ability to serve. According to a study 18 of American's first 37 presidentsmet criteria suggesting they suffered from a psychiatric disorder during their lifetime.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/us/day-without-immigrants-vignettes/index.html This article is about the event that occurred yesterday, 'A Day Without Immigrants'. Immigrants took the day off from work, school, and refused to buy anything from any business. The purpose of this act was not only to show Trump, but every other racist person that this country wouldn't be the same without immigrants. I feel as if these people forget that is country was stolen. Native Americans were killed just to have their land taken away from them. I really do believe that the U.S wouldn't be the same without immigrants but if Trump really wants to take them all out then he could start with his parents.
In this article Anatol Lieven is talking about how none of Trump's policies have received as much attention as his foreign policies. Trump wants to improve relations with Russia. Trump has been subject to many scandals and conspiracies. People do not like Russia so they do not like that Trump is trying to improve relationships. American and Russian views do not line up on a lot of things either so it would be a very interesting relationship to say the least. It is hard to repair certain parts of the relationship without starting a third world war. Russians get a negative associations and you see this especially since in almost every movie about armageddon Russia and/or North Korea are trying to take over the world.
This article is about Trump is an egotistical narcissist. Trump can not handle views that go against his own. People fear that Trump will not be good for this country not only because they do not agree with his views but also that his mental state is not good. They fear that because he does not seem to have an empathetic bone in his whole body that he could fairly easily start a war or conflict. I do no think that Trump no that he is president should be on social media so much.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/opinion/sunday/why-trumps-wall-wont-keep-out-heroin.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
ReplyDeleteThis article is about a man who got deported several years ago for smuggling heroin across the border to raise money to buy cows or a tractor, because he is a farmer. He smuggled the heroin over in his shoe, which he says many farmers and ranchers from Mexico do. He had done this 50 times before he got caught and spent two years here in federal prison, then he was deported. The writer of this article says while he was interviewing this man he thought about the wall Trump wants to build. He gives statistics about how walls in other countries have made a huge difference in illegal immigration, but not drugs. He says heroin is so easy to cross over a border because it is small and easy to condense and cut later. He says the wall will just stop communication between US and Mexico, and that we need to do something different to prevent drugs from coming over. In my opinion, a wall will stop communications, but I do think it would stop drugs also. If you can't get here, then how will you get drugs here? I also think legal immigration should be easier so people don't have to smuggle drugs to get here and get money. But Trump doesn't just want the wall for drugs so there is a bigger picture to this issue.
I agree that drugs would be more difficult to get across the border. People need to hide the drugs on them or with them, so how would the drugs get to the other side without the people? It is crazy how he has to smuggle drugs to make money as a farmer. I am sure there are many ways I don't know about to get drugs over the border, even with a wall, but I am sure the majority of ways requires the people to go over the boarder with the drugs.
DeleteI think the wall will reduce drug smuggling but it wouldn't stop it. There will always be that one person that ruins things. I dont understand why he smuggled drugs to be a framer there are so many other things he could've done. He did it for 50 years if he was able to get away with it for that long I'm sure someone else will too. I personal believe you can't stop it just reduce it.
Deletehttp://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/politics/trump-cummings-meeting-news-conference-cnntv/index.html
ReplyDeleteThis article is about Trump and ELijah Cummings canceling a meeting. Trump claims that Cummings was very excited to have a meeting with him, but after repeated calls, did not answer and schedule one because Cummings thought it was "bad politics". On Cummings' side of the story, he does not understand why Trump said these things, claiming that he or his staff did not receive any calls for the meeting. But he does say that Trump was probably just misinformed by staff, and is still very excited to see him and is hopeful for his next four years as president.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/25/politics/mexico-president-donald-trump-enrique-pena-nieto-border-wall/index.html
ReplyDeleteOkay, so about this wall... the wall that Trump "plans" on building across the Mexico-United States border is estimated to cost about $12- $15 billion dollars. Mexican President, Enrique Peña Nieto, still stands by his word that he will still not pay for this wall. Yet, Trump still tells Americans that Mexico will be the ones funding this border wall. I think that the Mexican President will just ignore President Trump or just cancel meetings with him because he just can. What is Trump going to do if Enrique doesn't talk to him? Go over and just take Mexico's money without their consent? No, what's gonna happen is this whole wall ordeal is going to get dragged on for years and never get built, OR Trump is going to build it with his own money.
There is no possible way Trump could ever force Mexico to pay for his ridiculous wall idea, people are just as ridiculous for believe trump when he said this. Where this money is coming from i have no clue, but overall Anericans will not pay for this wall through taxes. And the people who thought Donald was a godsend are starting to rethink due to his failure so far in office.
DeletePresident Enrique has already talked about building their own wall to the south of their border to stop illegal immigrants, in the case of funding for our wall, We will be doing an import export tax with mexico and the taxes the us collects from mexico will pay for the wall. I don't think this plan will work tho a wall in any case will not work for our country we are not Jerusalem. In many cases with me supporting Trump so far in his first 100 days I do not think I will vote for him in his re-election, unless he turns around. But I don't know now, the only smart decision so far "Mad Dog",
DeleteA wall will not stop people who want to come to America from coming. If people can escape from North Korea and prisons, crossing a wall is not going to be difficult. The idea of a wall, boarders and more security may not be a bad idea. The problem is that it will not be free and America is in huge debt. Will spending millions of dollars for this wall be actually worth it?
Deletehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/02/16/trump-asks-a-black-reporter-to-set-up-a-meeting-with-black-members-of-congress/?utm_term=.f4ab5cb9e2cd
ReplyDeleteIn this article, Phillip Bump tells the event of President Trump recently making a comment towards a black reporter many took as disrespectful. While the reporter asked trump if he would be meeting with the CBC or the congressional black caucus anytime soon, the president responded with "are they your friends?". I can see where people saw this as wrong, because i see it that way too. Saying that all black people are inherently friends with each other is a generalization and wrong. This isn't an acceptable comment by a president, although Trump has made many of those previously.
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ReplyDeleteI agree that it was very disrespectful of Trump to say that. He probably thought the reporter was being rude by what she said but when you're the president you can't assume and then make a comment like that. He should be a leader and he should have just answered the question, which the answer was yes anyway. There was absolutely no point in making that comment.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/02/17/five-proposals-to-get-trump-train-back-on-track.html
ReplyDeleteSo about Trump, in the case of him going out to the public during the early stages of him presidency I think it's a great idea. Yes, he does add gasoline to the fire of disarray of the election and I love it. The constant whining of radical liberals rioting and throwing a temper tantrum like 5 year old's. If this continues the National Guard will be called and the temper tantrum will cease. Now in the case of the president support many people still like him until he screws up big time. But I hope not, wanting the president to fail is like wanting to sink a ship. WE ARE ALL ON! let that sink in.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-devos-guarded-us-marshals-20170217-story.html
ReplyDeleteThis article talked about Betsy DeVos and the peoples hatred towards her. Protesters blocked her from entering a Washington middle school which is unusual to see. At the same time, it is understandable why protests are going on regarding her becoming secretary of education. Congress was literally split. That means that half of the people approved her to be secretary of education and half did not. Half of congress is a huge number. Some people may be shocked on why the congressmen approved her. It is common for a secretary of education to not have much experience with school, and the things and problems that are happening. Her belief on guns in schools should be left for the states to decide may questions some people. She mentioned an elementary school in Wapiti, Wyoming, that had built a fence to protect children from wildlife. "I think probably there, I would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies," DeVos said. Some people were shocked at that statement because they thought that an argument that potential grizzly attacks in a school in the middle of a angered wildlife zone wasn't good enough for schools to have a gun of some sort.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/opinion/is-it-time-to-call-trump-mentally-ill.html?ref=opinion
ReplyDeleteIn this article some people are questioning President Trumps mental health. Representative Ted Lieu, California Democrat , was thinking about proposing a legislation would require a White House psychiatrist.They are saying he might have personality disorder due to his behaviors and all the things his been doing the past month and a half. If this is true people would question his ability to serve. According to a study 18 of American's first 37 presidentsmet criteria suggesting they suffered from a psychiatric disorder during their lifetime.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/16/us/day-without-immigrants-vignettes/index.html
ReplyDeleteThis article is about the event that occurred yesterday, 'A Day Without Immigrants'. Immigrants took the day off from work, school, and refused to buy anything from any business. The purpose of this act was not only to show Trump, but every other racist person that this country wouldn't be the same without immigrants. I feel as if these people forget that is country was stolen. Native Americans were killed just to have their land taken away from them. I really do believe that the U.S wouldn't be the same without immigrants but if Trump really wants to take them all out then he could start with his parents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/opinion/why-trump-is-right-on-russia.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
ReplyDeleteIn this article Anatol Lieven is talking about how none of Trump's policies have received as much attention as his foreign policies. Trump wants to improve relations with Russia. Trump has been subject to many scandals and conspiracies. People do not like Russia so they do not like that Trump is trying to improve relationships. American and Russian views do not line up on a lot of things either so it would be a very interesting relationship to say the least. It is hard to repair certain parts of the relationship without starting a third world war. Russians get a negative associations and you see this especially since in almost every movie about armageddon Russia and/or North Korea are trying to take over the world.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/opinion/mental-health-professionals-warn-about-trump.html?ref=opinion
ReplyDeleteThis article is about Trump is an egotistical narcissist. Trump can not handle views that go against his own. People fear that Trump will not be good for this country not only because they do not agree with his views but also that his mental state is not good. They fear that because he does not seem to have an empathetic bone in his whole body that he could fairly easily start a war or conflict. I do no think that Trump no that he is president should be on social media so much.