I am an American here in New Zealand as a permanent resident. I am US combat veteran from the Gulf War, and the son of immigrant parents to America.

I am neither a typical Democrat, nor a Republican because I believe both parties on both sides are just liars in nice suits.

The reason I am writing this is that I am appalled that most news about Donald Trump in New Zealand portrays him in a negative light.

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Every Kiwi I meet has a very poor opinion of Trump. I try to share my views, but it appears your minds are so poisoned by negative press, it falls on deaf ears.

I believe that Trump is a good man. It's the political elites from both parties that have engaged in a worldwide smear campaign against him because they are scared to death.

Why do you think he is winning? People are sick of it of our politicians! Enough is enough!

The politicians have had it too good for too long, and he is the guy that is going to come in and ruin it for all for them. That is why they are trying to stop him at all costs and using the media to drive their message. The problem is this time, we are on to them.

Most of the people I know in America have these exact sentiments. Whether they be Democrats or Republicans; I have friends on both sides, they know this is the truth.

They know both parties are corrupt to the core, and we are all just sick and tired of all of their lies and misconceptions. I believe Trump can make America great again for many reasons.

Firstly he is not a politician, he has self-funded himself. In the US, everyone is aware that there are donors and special interest groups that donate money to the people running for office, millions of dollars. In return, they get favours.

Whether it be in government contracts or to get legislation pushed through, or to be a cabinet member. Trump does not need the money, he has not taken any money from anyone.

The other reason I trust him is that he is a good businessman, and says he has already approached Carl Icahn, another brilliant businessman to be the trade secretary.

With the US $20 trillion dollars in debt, you need cunning and smart business persons making deals that benefit the country. China, Mexico, South Korea, and Japan are killing the US job market and killing us in trade deals. It needs to be corrected. He is the man to do it.

President Obama has had almost eight years to fix what George W Bush damaged, and people are worse off then they were eight years ago.

Minorities such as African Americans and Mexican Americans are absolutely no better off, and people want Hillary Clinton to continue the destruction that both Bush and Obama have done.

Trump does not really represent either party, he is what we need right now, someone who truly represents the people.

I watched the news here when they reported that Trump wants to ban all Muslims, but they didn't finish the rest of the report, where he said "all Muslims temporarily until we can figure things out".

This was right after 14 people in California were murdered by radical Islamic terrorists who appeared to be normal members of US society. If that happened in New Zealand, don't you think the government would be thinking very long and hard about whom it lets in the country?

As far as the Mexican comments by Trump, there are currently 11 million illegal immigrants in the US that we know of. It is a drain on our social services.

Trump was not lying about this, or picking on Mexicans, he was just not very eloquent on his delivery of the message. Trump said he wants to build a wall; fair enough, it is the job of the federal government to protect our borders, a job that they have failed to do for the last several years.

He wants to remove the illegals and let them come back legally; fair enough, my parents came to America legally, I came to New Zealand legally, so why not enforce the laws?

If I were an overstayer in New Zealand, I would only imagine I would be deported. I would in any other country as well. So when Trump comes out and says it, he is an instant villain?

So Trump is a little provocative, not politically correct, not very well spoken, sometimes outrageous, but he talks straight from his heart and mind. I am willing to overlook all of these things for someone courageous enough to save America.

Unless you live there, and you have experienced things first hand, you cannot believe everything the media wants you to hear and believe.

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