It is no shock to any United States
Citizen that President Trump is not the most well liked President. There are
countless amounts of republicans who supported him during the election, but
since then they have done a 180 with their opinion of him. An article from the
New York Post discusses the influences and choices the #TheResistance movement
has created for people and how his actions thus far while in office have
citizens questioning their faith in him.
President Trump has more so been
questioning motives of political “enemies” rather than addressing them and
taking action. Here is where the issue of opposing narratives lies: from this viewpoint,
the article is influencing us (the reader) to be under the impression that President
Trump has done nothing thus far. Yes, he is questioning them, however, he is
taking no action. Yet conservatives are the ones pushing this matter, but they really
have no support in backing it up with suggestions for change.
This article is in ways making fun of
liberals. At one point it talks about how President Trump does not exhibit
“prudence, reliance or inherited wisdom.” What democrats do not understand is
that neither do they. In order to criticize and complain about something,
especially as important as the President of the United States, one should have
an alternative or suggestion in place of what is currently being offered. The
New York Post is trying to depict this narrative.
The narrative of this article is exposing
liberals and democrats for having no solution to what they see as an issue.
They make Trump out to be a monster, yet they have no one to over step him. These
are the people who are making republicans question their trust in Mr. Trump.
Not many people feel as though our new
president has done much since being elected into office. Some even, like Paul
Krugman, have voiced their strong but undesirable views on Donald Trump and their
trust in him is lacking. When reading Krugman’s column, the audience is influenced
to believe he is nothing less of an idiot, to be blunt. He picks out every
little thing President Trump has not done or could have done slightly better. He
depicts him to be a clueless man who has no idea how to run a country. Krugman
claims that Trump had no clue how to handle trade deals. During the campaign it
did not necessarily hurt him, but it also did not help him. However, now that
it is time for him to make a change, he is left baffled and empty-handed.
Krugman quote’s Donald Trump when he says,
“Nobody knew health care could be so complicated.” Krugman believes he is
saying the same thing about trade policy. Now, Donald Trump has only been
President for not even six months. When people read articles where the writer’s
opinions are so negative and strong, of course they are going to believe them
and be influenced by that. There are things that President Trump has done since
being elected, that some people would be in support of. But since Krugman is so
anti-Trump, he will never write about those as they happen.
It is important to keep an open mind
within politics. People like Paul Krugman will try and lead an audience one
way, while there are plenty of other narratives that portray many other sides
to Mr. Trump.
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