“Make America Great Again.” It is 2016, and Donald Trump is the Republican nominee for the US Presidency. He has the media in a frenzy with his preposterous statements. More jokes are made about Trump than all of the other presidential candidates combined. His plan for immigration and defense consist of building a wall on the Mexican border and banning all Muslims from the US. If Hillary Clinton had made these outrageous claims, she would not have made it more than a month into her campaign. Despite all of the negative feedback towards Trump, however, he somehow has become the Republican nominee and a recent survey even has him ahead of Hillary in national popularity. How is any of this possible? How could Donald Trump, who is so infamous he has even attracted the negative attention of citizens from other countries, potentially become the next President of the United States of America, the most powerful country in the world? The answer lies in the 1970s, where political turmoil along with the Vietnam War caused a series of chain
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There was a break-in at the Democratic National Convention in 1972 and Nixon’s administration attempted to cover it up. The negative impacts of this incident still resonate today, reminding us to perhaps not trust our elected officials and giving American government a poor reputation so that its citizens could never look at it the same way again. The final (and most major) insult was the Vietnam War. This war was incredibly unpopular at home, and we had lost by pulling our troops out in 1975. It was the first war the US had ever lost, and that really resonated at home. We had lost the war against Communism. Due to the extreme spending for military development during the war, inflation was a staggering 21%. This meant that people weren’t buying homes since the interest rate would be astronomical, hurting the economy even
There was a break-in at the Democratic National Convention in 1972 and Nixon’s administration attempted to cover it up. The negative impacts of this incident still resonate today, reminding us to perhaps not trust our elected officials and giving American government a poor reputation so that its citizens could never look at it the same way again. The final (and most major) insult was the Vietnam War. This war was incredibly unpopular at home, and we had lost by pulling our troops out in 1975. It was the first war the US had ever lost, and that really resonated at home. We had lost the war against Communism. Due to the extreme spending for military development during the war, inflation was a staggering 21%. This meant that people weren’t buying homes since the interest rate would be astronomical, hurting the economy even