North Korea’s Plastic Missiles

          

       Should we attack? Should we go to the war before it comes to us? Trump’s aggressive language sounds so tough but leads to nothing but keeping the media busy for few days, and away from the Democrats who believe that we are like Norway, Canada, or some country that has no enemies and everybody loves. The media cares about views and subscribers more than they care about delivering the truth and telling the people the actual size of the North Korean threats against us. When it comes to an average American, Kim Jong-un is nothing more than a clown. A big mouth just like the big mouth we have in Washington DC. But is it like that? Is he just another Saddam who we will whip off the earth in a week or so? A few hours ago, North Korea’s regime said that they have successfully launched a new rocket that can hit anywhere in US. Also, the statement that Kim is actually able to reach anywhere in the US is just another BBC breaking news story that we will forget as soon as one Kardashian starts dating someone new or Justin Bieber gets arrested in Hollywood. Do Americans really understand the threat? Do we really understand the capability of Kim’s rockets? I will leave the answer to you. 

Re:Trump's nasty tweets

        I think that president Trump used the media on general and twitter specifically to spread what seemed like his controversial opinions but in fact it was a tool to be knowing, to be heard and to be talked about. I believe that he didn’t really care about what subject he tweets about as much as he cares about the reaction that he is going to get from the media and all the people who will re tweet his tweets. And to be fair, the tactic that he used really helped him to win the elections. I mean, the media criticism to Trump’s tweets was a free way for him to be all over the TV, the internet, and the newspapers front pages. The thing that Trump can’t realize is that he is not on the elections anymore, he is already famous, and he need to act as the president of the United States and the commander-in-chief instead of tweets offending subjects that brings him more attention (in a bad way mostly).     

Trump’s New Immigration Policies

      Since he started his campaign back in June 2015, President Donald Trump has promised to reduce, or in some cases, terminate the flow of immigrants. Trump has also promised to end illegal immigration, mostly from Mexico, and reduce legal immigration such as refugees’ resettlement programs and the green card lottery.  Trump’s immigration policies have been approved by a lot of his supporters who claimed that the new arrivals pose a threat to the nation’s security. They also have economic concerns that the immigrants are taking away American’s opportunities and reduce the economic opportunity for the average American. Economy experts agree that immigrants reduce wages and impact the financial security of the country as they exhaust the law enforcement budgets due to background checks and illegal activities.

      Mr. Trump translated his concerns on immigration with executive orders to ban immigrants from certain countries, by ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, and the most recent orders to end the diversity visa program.

     On the other hand, we have the democrats and liberals that are against Trump’s immigration policies. Trump opponents argue that America has been built by immigrants and that there will be always a place and an opportunity for everyone. They also argue that immigrants are hard workers who stimulate the economy, pay taxes and help to create new opportunities.

    Both sides claim to place the benefit of the United States as the top priority, but the question remains, what is the benefit that immigrants are bringing to the United States and what is the detriment? Is it a humanitarian obligation to increase the number of refugees and give them the opportunity to start a new life away from war zones or is it the government’s obligation to keep America safe?