by Abounu Abounu
Voting for Donald Trump is like MMM. Many sensible people are doing it but they won’t tell you. The closet racists were not captured in the opinion polls that’s why they failed to reflect the true wishes of the majority. But most especially the media portrayed Trump as a racist sexist and tried to drown his message. Once you got past what the media was saying about Trump you will know that he had better credentials and plans for the country than Hilary Clinton.
Let’s look at Trump again – He is a self made billionaire. Try making one hundred thousand dollars and you will realise the amount of work and creativity Trump must have put in to becoming a billionaire. Show me a rich man and I will show you a hardworking, intelligent and focused man (politicians excluded). I read about Trump and I found his principles to life quite endearing. He attended Wharton (the best business school in the world). He has woken up everyday at 5.30am to start his day for the last forty years. He lives inside his office (Trump Towers). These mundane things say a lot about his personality and character that is not immediately visible. Compare to Hilary who only came to prominence because she is the wife of an Ex-President. Hilary has never created wealth in her personal endeavour. Hilary does not employ thousands of people. Had she not been the wife of Bill Clinton she probably would have remained a big time lawyer in small rural Arkansas. A big fish in a small pond. And before I am attacked by the ultra feminists this has nothing to do with the “My wife belongs to the kitchen” mantra but what I am saying here is that Hilary is best known for being the wife of Bill Clinton and not as the junior Senator from New York.
Now let us look at some of Trump’s policies that swayed the elections to him:
1. Trump is against the trade agreement that empowers China and Mexico and takes away jobs in the rust belt region of America. Hilary was in support of this trade agreement. Is it then surprising that Trump won all the rust belt states?
2. Uncontrolled immigration is not good for anyone including immigrants. Sooner than later the host population become hostile to all immigrants if immigration is not controlled. Trump was for controlled immigration Hilary against it.
3. Big governments come with more regulations, higher taxes for the rich, less disposable income for the rich and invariably has a huge detrimental effect on the poor who depend on the rich to pay for the services they offer. Services like gardening and cleaning. As a businessman Trump was for smaller governments unlike Hilary who supported big government involvement in all aspects of life including the so called Obamacare.
4. Trump campaigned as a loner unlike Hilary who would have come into government with baggage. Just last year she made 65 million dollars from speeches to banks and the very rich. This fact was not lost on the voters
5. Racism like nepotism is born out of self preservation. That’s why as much as I will like to be Governor of Oyo State I know it will not be possible because I am from Benue. First, America elected a black president from Kenya and next the Hispanics were trying to foist their candidate on the majority white race. It nearly happened in Lagos – Igbos came out enmasse for PDP and it took the Oba of Lagos to come out to rally Yorubas to back APC for Ambode to eventually clinch the governorship. If we didn’t see anything wrong in that then how can we be complaining about the same thing happening in America – a country that is not actually ours. Anyone mourning the election of Trump and calling it the action of racists has an exaggerated sense of entitlement. They had better wake up and smell the coffee and if that is hard to do they can always check out of America.
Congratulations, President-Elect Donald Trump.
Op–ed pieces and contributions are the opinions of the writers only and do not represent the opinions of Y!/YNaija
Dr Abounu Abounu is a UK based Consultant Psychiatrist and the CEO of The Hampton Group
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