I would have dinner with Donald J. Trump. by Nicolas

I would have dinner with Donald J. Trump. by Nicolas - October 2017 Scholarship Essay

I would have dinner with Donald Trump. No, that doesn’t make me a racist, sexist or homophobic person; but it does show that I'm interested in picking his brain. I would ask him tough questions. Questions that I’m sure if I asked him in real life, he’d probably have me sent back to my home by the secret service because of his notoriously thin skin. But if I were able to ask him anything, it’d be related to three topics, the responsibilities of the president, the manner in which he won, and what will he do afterward. I don’t want to be unfair with my questioning, so I wouldn’t ask him about his sexual assault allegations, his more ludicrous tweets, and his adultery. I want this to stick to what I believe is the most important aspects of his presidency; what will make and break him. We’d start by having a casual conversation to ease the tension.
I’d first get into what the presidency has always meant throughout history. The presidency has always been seen as a position of class and decorum. It is the single most effective way that our country has elevated itself over all others. The president has equal power to our Congress and Judicial branches; he is the single face of our government. They and they’re family are the closest we in the US have to a royal family, they help establish the culture of America in the time period they are in office.Trump, for better or worse, is influencing the culture of our country. In modern history, there has never been a more hated president than Trump. At the same time, almost 63 million people voted for him. It seems that the American people either have an overwhelmingly positive opinion of him or a negative opinion. Every stance he takes, a polar opposite reaction automatically happens from his detractors.
My first question for him is “How do you plan on being the leader of this country for the next 3 years if you only care about the people that support you?” I think this is a very fair question. Obama; while hated by the Republicans of this country, gave them some important concessions. The most important one was Obamacare, which originated from a very left-wing Public Option Act that he ran on. He eventually gave in to the Republicans and brought his Healthcare reform to the right, which is how we got the ACA. Every president has to concede things for the betterment of the country. If Trump wants to be an effective president, he would need to be able to negotiate with his enemies since they represent the majority of the country.
My second question kind of relates to the division that he has brought between his allies and his enemies. “Do you believe anything you say in regards to race, or do you use it to stay in the news and keep people divided?” No president has done more to create division amongst the electorate. It started when he came down the escalator of Trump Tower and announced his election run. He started off with an attack on the Illegal Immigrants of this country, seeking to blame them for the troubles this country is facing. Race has always been a huge issue in this country. We are one of the only modern melting pots in the world, as people have fled their own countries in search of a better life in the US. We have embraced the diversity this country has as a people, but Trump has sought to exploit that. He is very pro law enforcement in a time that police brutality is at a breaking point, he wants to build a wall to not let more Hispanics in, he wants to ban Muslims from entering our country, and he chooses his words carefully when dealing with the transgressions of the Alt-Right; who mostly support him.
My last question is “What is the legacy that you want to leave behind as the 45th (technically 44th) president of the United States?” When Trump gets criticized for his inappropriate behavior on social media, he has responded with “My use of social media is not Presidential - it’s MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL. Make America Great Again”, on Twitter. He could very well not care what future generations will think of him. But I would like to know how he wants to be view in a history book. We will talk about his time in US history either in a very positive way, or vice versa. Does he feel like we’ll look at him more fondly as years past, as we have with George W. Bush? Does he think we’ll think of him as the great man he so clearly thinks he is? Or does he think that trying to please everyone is a losing battle and just wants to do what makes him happy? While this hypothetical dinner will probably never happen; I hope that if it does, I'd make a meaningful impact on our president. Then again, I'd probably be vilified by the media on my way out the door.