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Trump floats another bogus coronavirus cure — and his administration scrambles to stop people from injecting disinfectants

This article was published to the Washington Post, on April 25th, 2020. It was written by Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey, Yasmeen Abutaleb, and Lena H. Sun. This article discusses the impacts of Trump’s announcement to simply inject disinfectants to the body in order to fight the coronavirus. Within hours of this claim, many medical professionals along with the Trump administration as well started warning the public to the lethal dangers of doing so.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-floats-another-bogus-coronavirus-cure–and-his-administration-scrambles-to-stop-people-from-injecting-disinfectants/2020/04/24/77759238-8644-11ea-a3eb-e9fc93160703_story.html

A president is a leader and a leader should not be putting many people’s lives in jeopardy by stating obscure facts to their entire population. President Trump made this announcement without thinking of the consequences that could follow especially during a world pandemic where thousands of American lives are being lost. While it is understandable that a part of the population is educated and will be able to distinguish this as an obscure statement there is another part of the population is not educated and could take this statement to heart and actually follow it. Whether this statement was a complete showing of how incompetent Trump is especially in the medical field or if it was a showing of sarcasm during an unacceptable time period. In turn, the Trump administration is spending so much time cleaning up this mess and health experts are spending their time explaining why this is a health issue and the statement should not be followed. I just find it very disappointing how during a global pandemic the president is not being careful with his words and not taking it seriously as hundreds of thousands of people are getting sick and thousands are dying.

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Election 2020: How Trump, Democratic candidates could impact the cost of child care

In his latest budget proposal, President Trump proposed a $1 billion increase in funding to aid families who currently fay for child care. Advisor and daughter Ivanka has focused on child care as a primary issue for years and Trump continues to ask Congress to increase funding for child care grants as he approaches reelections. Democratic candidates Warren, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, and Bloomberg all have laid out their plans for childcare as well. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/02/29/election-2020-how-candidates-could-affect-costs-child-care/4894383002/

Warren and Buttigieg both suggest that each family in America shouldn’t have to pay more than 7% of their yearly income on learning efforts for their children (school/daycare) as long as they’re under the median income. Klobuchar suggested a very similar plan, but capping the individuals at the 150% median income line. And Bloomberg says that he would increase the number of children who can get free/significantly reduced-price early education/childcare, as well as increasing tax credits for families with children. 

This article is very relevant regarding “women’s issues” something we have been discussing all semester as well as something we were just tested on. Women do not feel identical about issues or even categorize issues as “women’s issues” the same as each other. Child care, though, is an issue many women regardless of their political party feel passionately about because most women are impacted by the costs of child care in one way or another and I find that Democratic candidates specifically outlining their childcare finding plans is a great move because it certainly appeals to more women and even men than other issues. 

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The Racism at the Heart of Trump’s ‘Travel Ban’

The article covers an opinion columnists’ view on the travel ban, especially with regard to Nigeria. Jamelle Bouie points out that the restriction on travel from these 6 new countries does not exactly fit into President Trump’s ‘National Security’ justification. Not only was the travel ban blatantly xenophobic in the first place, but adding these 6 new countries just makes it more obvious.

With regard to our discussion about how a president starts campaigning for the next elections from the moment he is appointed, it looks like president Trump is now doing what he can to appeal to the people who voted for him in 2016. There is a lot going on in terms of current events, both nationally and internationally and he still finds a way to make things worse and excite his supporters. Nigeria is one of the largest Muslim populated African countries and even though the article mentions that Nigeria is home to the Boko Haram, they have not posed a threat to the United States. Besides, the article mentions that there is no restriction for Nigerians to visit the United States but are not allowed to apply for permanent residence in the US. This makes it clear that Trump did not pass this travel ban for national security reasons and even if it was, it’s going to be pretty ineffective. Looking back at all the racist comments he has made about “shit-hole” countries, and the fact that he still seems to be popular among a lot of Americans even today, shows something about what the national sentiment looks like towards these countries, immigrants and the matter of race. There was no event that required a need for a ban on people from Sudan, Tanzania and Eritrea, as well as Myanmar in Southeast Asia and Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia because they don’t pose any immediate threats to the country. There have been many recent changes in immigration laws and other changes despite his impeachment and at this point, it all seems like issues he is tackling to keep the support of his voters from 2016. These laws show that the president intends to favor society based on race because it clearly shows that he is trying to restrict the entry and settlement of people on the basis of race. This sends out a signal to the already existing people of color and minorities.

 

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Trump’s Celebration of L.G.B.T. Rights Is Met With Criticism

The attached article from the New York Times explains Trump’s recent announcement that his administration will work on world-wide policies regarding the better treatment and acceptance of LGBT people. However, the article points out the criticism Trump has faced since that announcement, because of his history of ignoring LGBT activists and his administration’s recession of LGBT rights since taking power. The article is fair in its dissemination of facts regarding the Trump administration’s history of barring transgender people from participating in the army and the lack of federal support for transgender healthcare. This act of a simple tweeted promise to work with other leaders feels empty when compared to this history of oppression, and the Times highlights this best by including quotes from LGBT activists who pointed out that this was likely a way to distract from Trump’s own policies by shedding light on the dangerous conditions LGBT people face in certain other countries.