Donald Trump Persuasive Essay

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Donald Trump has been in office for over 35 weeks. Unfortunately, a good proportion of his presidency has been embroiled in some sort of controversy. Whether, it be Russian collusion in the 2016 election, sexist remarks over certain individuals and even Donald Trump’s dissatisfaction with aides. Nevertheless, one thing which remained common, and potentially escalated these controversies, are his tweets. Furthermore, his most recent tweets regarding NFL players, degraded players for kneeling during the national anthem and caused a national uproar throughout the USA. “How did this start?”, “Does it contradict the Constitution?”, and most importantly “ Why did Trump comment on it now?”. Today I will be answering these questions and giving my viewpoint regarding this widespread controversy. …show more content…

In a few days, many athletes - especially African American - were showing support by either imitating Colin’s silent, but effective form of treatment or raising their fist - bearing resemblance to a “Black Power Salute”. While other famous athletes and public figures showed their disappreciation by publicly condemning Colin’s actions. Some even questioned whether his actions were in accordance with the US Constitution. While most argue that Colin’s actions were within the parameters and accordance with the constitution, they do state that the National Football League, can, in fact, fire the players for supposedly disrespectful behaviour. Looking at it from a non-political viewpoint, though the players don’t contradict the constitution, NFL ratings have been substantially down and if they continue to be so, the authorities may have to punish these supposedly “disrespectful” behaviours, to bring certain viewers who were offended, back to the

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