For some reason, I'm unable to reply to your other thread about debating actions rather than rhetoric.
In some respect, I agree. Debating actions is obviously more productive... However, you all shouldn't discount words completely as words can, and often do, predict action. So let's start with what Trump's implemented and what he plans to implement.
On security:
Trump wants a fully-funded construction of a border wall with Mexico, with the "full understanding that the country of Mexico will be reimbursing the United States for the full cost of such wall". But Mexico has already declined to pay for the wall and Trump has said nothing of how he will coerce Mexico to pay for it. So at the end of the day, the American people will pay one hundred percent for a useless security measure that will do nothing to, say, restore our crumbling infrastructure much less make us safer from those "criminal" illegals....basically, we're paying exorbitant amounts for the illusion of "safety" and "security."
As everyone already knows, Trump's already attempted to solidify a ban on immigration from six Muslim countries--Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen. Keep in mind, there hasn't been a single terrorist attack on U.S soil where the perpetrators had originated from those countries. So again, this is a useless act that simply gives us the illusion of security whilst, ironically, making us less secure by engineering racial and religious tension.
Trump plans on raising the military budget by 54 billion dollars despite the fact that the United States already spends more on military than the
next four countries combined. Once again, another attempt to, course you know it, give us the illusion of safety and security. His authorized Yemen raid was responsible for 20 innocent civilian deaths, including 10 children, and one U.S Navy Seal. We can expect more of these types of state violence down the line where human costs outweigh any human benefits, if there were indeed any in this specific case...
So Trump has thus far proven himself pretty much useless on security. What about actual problems, like our embarrassingly high poverty rate, crumbling infrastructure, inefficient healthcare?
We can discuss this further. We all know what he has planned though, considering who he's appointed as secretary of state and education, and what he's said in the past about healthcare. But that's all talk so I suppose we should wait to find out, right?
