In the 2016 United States Presidential Election back in November, 62,979,879 people voted for Donald Trump, 2.9 million people less than the woman with the most popular votes a losing presidential candidate has ever had–Hillary Clinton. However, Trump was still awarded with the presidency because of the Electoral College votes, and, in his words, would have won the popular vote as well “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally” on his Twitter, suggesting that the 2.9 million people who voted for Clinton rather than Trump were illegally doing so.
Nevertheless, Trump was sworn in last week on Friday, Jan. 20th, and within the past week as America’s president, Trump has already signed off a myriad of executive orders and reinstated some previous policies. Many of his voters, out of the sixty-two million, are now regretting their vote they had cast for him back in November.
@realDonaldTrump I voted for you. But my mom called me and told me I can’t stay on her plan #ObamaHadMeCovered
— Glenda Maria (@Glenda_MariaDA) January 26, 2017
Maria, like other Trump supporters, are angry about Trump’s allegations about the invalidity of the Affordable Healthcare Act and how “ObamaCare can’t be reformed, salvaged, or fixed,” according to his novel, Time to Get Tough (2011).
In order to save Medicare and stop record premium increases–we must repeal ObamaCare.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 6, 2011
@realDonaldTrump i’m starting to think that I shouldn’t have voted for you! Move onto the business of this country and stop feeding your ego
— Ed Campbell (@campbeled) January 26, 2017
Many people, like Mr. Campbell, are starting to realize the size of Trump’s ego seems more important to him than the economic and social issues of the United States.
@POTUS I voted for you. If you want a second term, earn it. You are not doing that now. Massive oil spill near the Dakota pipeline area.
— Mike Cuffin (@MikeCuffin) January 25, 2017
On Jan. 24th, Donald Trump signed an executive order, authorizing the continuance of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) project, which has been a controversy for months because the oil pipeline is set to be built at the living grounds of the Native American tribe, the Sioux. Even though the project was cancelled by Obama in November and has a large national opposition, Trump has decided to proceed with the project.
As for other decrees, Trump has reinstated–and expanded–the Global Gag Rule, which was originally implemented in 1984 and bars the U.S. government from economically aiding any foreign nongovernmental organization that provides abortion and other family planning services. “Thousands of women will die across the world, and millions will lose access to both safe abortion and birth control,” according to Emily Crockett from Vox.
Then, he has also signed an executive order termed as “Protecting the Nation From Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals,” which states the following:
Basically, this order declares that refugees seeking asylum, the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee, are banned from entering the country for the next four months, as well as Syrians indefinitely. A number of people, regardless of their vote, are appalled by this announcement, claiming that is unjust.
However, although Donald Trump has upset a multitude of the United States population along with others outside of the borders of the country, you don’t have to step aside; if you feel passionately about the things Trump has done and disagree with his policies, you can fight back! Protest, speak up; you will find you’re not alone in your resentment.
