Are Donald Trump’s Words and Actions Acceptable In Today’s Society?

Over the past year as the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump has made many bold, inappropriate, childish, and downright unintelligent statements. Trump currently has one of the lowest approval ratings in history, and his actions are the cause of it. Over the course of the 347 days he has been in office, Trump has made 1,950 misleading or false comments since being sworn in, which is an average of 5.6 a day (Cilliza). Although Donald Trump is the president of the United States, this does not give him the right to act irrationally, as shown by his statements, social media presence, and actions over his past year of presidency.
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Social media has become a base of operations for Trump, allowing him to post almost anything he wants to say, whenever he wants. George Lakoff, a professor at the University of California, analyzed the posts and stated “Trump uses social media as a weapon to control the news cycle. It works like a charm. His tweets are tactical rather than substantive.” Trump uses social media to target news station and certain individuals that are criticizing his actions and statements as president, often countering their claims with his own false remarks about them and their methods. However, by using social media, Trump also gives news stations more ammunition to use against him, and his angry and unintelligent statements in retaliation to theirs only worsens his reputation. One of Trump’s most infamous comments was regarding the negative press he had been getting from various news stations. At 12:06 am, he posted on Twitter: “Despite the constant negative press covfefe.” Critics, journalists, and many other people monitoring the president’s activity were befuddeled by Trump’s random, and unintelligent late-night tweet. If Donald Trump wants to prevent further harming reputation with his social media and through his speeches, he should avoid posting whatever comes to his mind, especially made-up words …show more content…
For instance, Trump promised during his campaign that he would not be “a president who took vacations,” he said “I’m going to be working for you. I’m not going to have time to go play golf” However, despite this claim, Trump only spent five out of his first twenty-six weeks as president in the White House, the rest of the weeks he spent at his nearby golf clubs (Knoller). Trump has told the American people hundreds of lies both during his campaign and while in office, yet people still believe what he says despite the overwhelming evidence that he will not hold his promises. The president believes that he can say whatever he wants and the people will believe him, and sadly, they do, despite the little action he has actually taken to fulfill many of his statements. What little action Trump has made mainly involves signing various executive orders, signing 90 in the first 100 days in office (Harrington). However, many Americans believe that he is moving too fast, signing five in fifteen days (Rein). While people want to see president Trump take action, executive orders are not what they want to see being accomplished, especially at the rate he is signing them. People want to see Trump take action on the many things that he promised during his campaign speeches that were never fulfilled, the promises he made to the nation that many expect him to carry through with. The