I actually laughed when I first read about some of the things Donald Trump has said. The way he classifies women as some type of sex symbol particularly aggravates me, publicly tweeting that if Hillary can't satisfy her husband then how can she satisfy America. I was wondering what the worst he could say was, but he seems to have said it yesterday. No Muslims allowed into America.
This is a terrible idea, underline those words, terrible idea which will not be played out well. Obviously it is going to be appreciated by his "fans" but oh, boy is he going to loose interest in the World. Why? Well.
1. Diplomatic ties.
It would be stupid to think that the Middle East would go along with this. I can't imagine they would let such an important country ban most of their population from entering the country without imposing sanctions on them, and perhaps even the same treatment. Several leaders have outspoken with their reaction to the case, and it's not good. One British Conservative MP has suggested banning Donald Trump from entering the United Kingdom, and while it is not likely to happen, many Brits won't welcome Trump if he ever does come.
2. Business and trade.
A very important factor to this whole issue, is what the hell is going to happen with all the Muslim investors which American entrepreneurs are keen to get a deal with? Especially oil. Saudi Arabian oil was the second largest import of oil in USA in 2013. They could easily sell their oil off to more demanding countries if they learn that they will not be able to travel and help their business in USA. I completely understand this, because why should they want to sell their natural resources to a country which they are not allowed to enter simply because of their faith.
3. He doesn't focus on America
That is the sad truth. Most of the things he says is either incorrect statistics about other countries or uncomfortable comments about people. He says he's going to "take back jobs from Mexico and China." But how? How are you going to force people to move their businesses back to USA when you can be producing products in sweatshops elsewhere? How are you going to build a 'big, beautiful wall' bordering Mexico without being heckled by governments around the world? The USA can't survive by themselves, and other Western leaders won't tolerate his in-human behaviour.
4. It isn't necessary.
It isn't necessary to label an entire religion as terrorists because of a terrorist group in the Middle East. This is like saying everybody who is white, belongs to the KKK. They're simply not. The young Muslim girl that lives down your street isn't a terrorist, the Muslim man speaking Arabic on the phone who you saw in the supermarket the other day isn't a terrorist. Refugees are not terrorists either. If you really wanted to escape from war to cause terror in another country, you wouldn't be taking the dangerous route which refugees take. He is trying to isolate USA from the rest of the world, by building walls and banning people.
Where did the land of the free go? I miss it.
