Stage 2: The Washington Post Polling

On July 16 ,2017, The Washington Post published an article titled Poll finds Trump’s standing weakened since springtime. This article states that the poll done by Post- ABC News Poll found that Trump's overall rating fell from 42 percent in April to 36 percent. The polls also showed that almost half of all Americans, 48 percent felt that the country's leadership has weakened since Trump's inauguration compared to 27 percent who felt that it is stronger. The article also mentioned the polling results regarding American attitudes towards healthcare, with many preferring Obamacare (50 percent) compared to the Republican led plan (24 percent). The polls also showed that most people (63 percent compared to 27 percent) believe that it is more important for the government to provide health coverage to low -income people rather than cutting taxes.

This article is important as it shows how the general public 's attitude about their own government over time. It also highlights what issues are considered important to the average American.

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Stage 7 : Trump's proposed transgender military ban is hurtful to the American society

On July 26, President Trump caught everyone by surprise, when he tweeted his intentions of banning transgender people from serving the military. Trump's reasoning for his decision was that it was too expensive to pay for transgender troops' healthcare and the potential disruptions it might cause. While I do understand the President's concern, I feel that his actions will bring about greater harm compared to the benefit of reducing the cost of the military spending. President Trump reasoned that the cost of transition related treatment will be "tremendous." A study done by the Rand Corporation shows that the costs of such treatment will add between 2.4 million and 8.4 million dollars to the military's annual budget. While the number may seem high, this will only increase the military spending by 0.017% . This cost is pretty insignificant compared to the potential cost of retraining troops to replace transgender troops. Furthermore, some trans gende

Stage 6: Response to Trump should prioritize our country's environment

I strongly agree with the views presented in this post that it is important for the government to focus on environmental concerns instead of dismissing them outright. In this post, the author indicates that Trump signing an executive order to unravel President Obama's administration to combat change, in order to save more jobs, is a bad move. I agree with this point, because I do not think that economic development and environmental protection are mutually exclusive. When a government funds research and development focusing on environmental protection, more jobs can be created as more people are needed to work in this new industry. Furthermore, it is clear that Trump's intention was to protect the US manufacturing and coal industry, but by cutting funding to the EPA meant that jobs are also lost through his actions. The authors of this post also mentions President Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. I would like to expand on this point, that not only this mo

Stage 8 : Response to Trump's New Immigration Policy

I agree with the views expressed in this post , that the bill, if passed, will be a very poor decision. The author argues in his post that this legislation will hurt the economy as the bill will reduce the chances of finding cheap labor. I agree with this argument, and in addition to that, some of the cheap labor jobs are jobs that American citizens do not want. An example of this would be the US agricultural industry where is is heavily reliant on a migrant workforce to help harvest crops. Some crop farmers have expressed the view that , if the Mexican workers were to be sent back, the entire agricultural system will collapse. Therefore, unskilled and cheap labor is essential to fill up jobs that no American wants, but are still essential to the American economy. Hence, only allowing highly skilled workers into the United States is a very poor move. Like the author, I do understand that the benefit of this legislation of admitting skilled workers through a merit system, means t

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