The Donald has won me over. I am an American citizen who was previously undecided regarding this presidential election – that is until his speech he gave in Tampa, FL on February 12th. This blog will mostly be just me jotting down my thoughts on issues related to the presidency. Today’s post will just be a brief overview of some issues Trump stands for and my thoughts on those issues. Starting tomorrow, I will begin dedicating at least one blog post per week on a single issue and going into great detail, both on Trumps stance and my thoughts.

From day one I really liked almost everything Trump stood for. I absolutely love the fact that he is not “politically correct”. In my opinion, political correctness is ruining this country. I am, and always have been, in complete agreement with his healthcare plan, his illegal immigration plan, his education plan, and just about everything else. There are, of course, a few things that I do not agree with Donald Trump on, but it is extremely rare that anyone will agree 100% with everything an individual candidate stands for. Even though I liked where he stood on most topics, I was always worried that even though he has these great ideas, he just wouldn’t make a great president. Why? He just seemed too callous. He initially gave off the impression he would just continue to blatantly offend all different races and religions across the world, something that could lead to some sort of fallout. He also gave me the impression that he would just go to war with countless countries, something we definitely do not need right now – or ever for that matter. And the list goes on.

However, the more and more I listened to his rallies and debates and thoroughly researched his stances on everything, I began to realize that all he is trying to do is protect the people of this country. After all, that is the job he is applying for!

Refugee Crisis

Trump wants to delay the acceptance of Muslim refugees into this country, not because of their religion, but to prevent Muslim extremists from entering this country under cover as a refugee, something they have already done in other parts of the world and will continue to do. Once we figure out a way to better vet these refugees, they will be welcome to enter America, but not until then. For now, Trump wants to set up safe zones in Syria and other parts of the world to protect them. He is not leaving them to suffer, he wants to help them, but first, we have to make sure we know exactly who is coming into our country. Setting up safe zones is the perfect first step to helping the countless refugees.

Illegal Immigration

This has no doubt been Trump’s biggest selling point from the day he announced he was running for president. Illegal immigration is a huge problem, no one can deny that. Obama just seems to want to let everyone in and ignore the fact that a vast majority of illegal immigrants do not pay taxes and take jobs from American citizens. This can’t go on.

While I am not sure how much good building a wall will do, it is worth a shot if we could really get Mexico to pay for it. With Trumps proposal on how he plans on making this happen, I could see it as a real possibility, but definitely not a guarantee. Another big problem would be locating all the illegal immigrants. Aside from going door to door and demanding to see identification, I’m not sure how this would happen. I would like to see a proposal from Donald Trump regarding this problem. No matter how this all goes down, Trump is the most aggressive on this front compared to all the other candidates, and we need someone who will not back down from a fight if we really want to at least mitigate the vast problems illegal immigration is causing in this country. I will go into much more detail on this issue in a future blog post.

2nd Amendment

This is a topic I could go on forever about, but I will save that for a detailed blog post to come. Trump is all for protecting our right to bear arms, as am I. In his most recent speech in Tampa, FL, he said he would get rid of all “gun free zones”. YES! This absolutely needs to happen. If someone is planning on going somewhere to kill innocent people, wouldn’t they be MUCH less likely to go somewhere they know they will be outnumbered by American citizens carrying guns? Absolutely. I have no idea how anyone can argue against this. If someone wants to harm others, they are going to obtain any weapon(s) they want and carry out their mission. A “gun free zone” is obviously not going to stop them. If anything, it will just encourage them since they know no one else will be armed.

While I am all for protecting our 2nd amendment, I still think there should be some additional restrictions in place when it comes to purchasing firearms. For instance, anyone with a mental illness as diagnosed by a doctor, should not be allowed to purchase any weapons, period. So many of our school shootings occur because a person was mentally ill. This very well may not stop them from getting a weapon, but it will at least make it a little more difficult. And if someone comes in and starts shooting at a school, the teachers should be able to protect themselves and their students. This means they should be allowed to carry guns if they choose.

I really want to keep talking about these issues and many many more, but I will save that for later posts. I’m pretty sure I could write a book on my thoughts on the 2nd amendment. I know there will be plenty of people that disagree with my thoughts on just about everything, and that is perfectly okay. We are all free to believe in whatever we choose and I try my best not to judge others based on their beliefs/opinions.

I fully believe that it is not up to us to judge others. God is the only one who can truly judge each and everyone of us, and eventually, He will do just that. Lets just learn to accept that everyone has their own opinions, and they are just that – opinions. Why hate someone for having a different opinion than you on anything? I don’t get it. If it bothers you that much, just ignore the person, block them on social media, etc. Don’t let hate fill your heart, just let love in. If everyone did that, this world would be a much better place and we wouldn’t even be talking about half the topics that are up for debate in this election.

I have a LOT of friends that have vastly different viewpoints on many of the topics I will be covering throughout this blog. And guess what? They are still my friends and always will be. I respect their opinion and I respect them as a person. I just don’t agree with their opinion and that’s fine. We often have great conversations on these topics and have been having them for years. If someone starts getting a little upset, we just move on to something else. Simple as that.

– C

Note: Everything in this blog is my opinion only, not that of my employer or anyone else.