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Upon watching president-elect Donald Trump\u2019s speech at his victory rally, many thoughts were racing through my head; one of them being, “How appropriate is it that The Rolling Stones\u2019 ‘You can\u2019t always get what you want\u2019 plays out when he leaves the stage?” Is there any truer sentiment that most of America feels at this very moment?<\/p>\n
Despite the turmoil that has came from November 8\u2019s results (threats to move to another country, petitions to have states secede from the U.S. entirely, proposals to impeach Trump, and even to concerning die-hard liberals who claim that they will personally assassinate him before he can start his term), America should take the outcome of this elections as a learning opportunity. One of how badly in shape our country is.<\/p>\n
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There is no denying how divided we are as a nation. As demonstrated throughout the campaign trails for both Hillary Clinton and Trump, politics can really bring out the worst in all of us. The power that a candidate has to sway our trust through either fear of what is to come, or the hope of what will be done, is a formidable force that cannot be delegated to just anyone. No matter how many times the election has become a thing of a joke, what with Clinton and Trump\u2019s facetious comments and mud-slinging, the aftermath that will come from Trump\u2019s impending term will make us all question how our nation\u2019s presidency became something of a reality show.<\/p>\n
Since when did watching a presidential debate become tantamount to watching a Comedy Central Roast between two potential leaders of the U.S.? And when did comebacks and one-liners take precedence over policies and procedures? Yes, this may have been one of the most unconventional election that we\u2019ve witnessed, but it just so happened to be the cards we were dealt with. The reason being can\u2019t be blamed on just one party or the inaction of one generation. It comes from all of us.\u00a0Our division may be destructive, but our unity might be enough to save this country from complete combustion.<\/p>\n
The amalgamation of the people\u2019s efforts have always been the force behind America\u2019s perseverance in our greatness.\u00a0At one point we might really have been “great,” and of course there are those\u00a0out there who still think that this nation is\u00a0“<\/span>great,” but when a candidate has won off of his promise to restore the nation\u2019s esteem, can this be considered a cry for help? An unspoken concern\u00a0that Americans harbor?<\/p>\n One of the\u00a0reasons as to why Trump was able to rally as much votes as he has is\u00a0because he campaigned for something that the people actually wanted, independent from any kind of endorsements or influence. As it turned out, there were more celebrities and who\u2019s who in the industry\u00a0campaigning for Hillary than for Trump. Trump was much more problematic and even more so unqualified to run for presidency, yet here we are.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the armageddon. The sky is still intact and the Earth hasn\u2019t crumbled under the weight of America\u2019s burden. Instead of reflecting on the events that have already happened, we must accept the outcome of the 2016 presidential election and come together as a nation during this time.<\/p>\n Instead of antagonizing one another and un-friending each other on social media because of our conflicting beliefs, we need to reconcile our differences and concentrate our efforts into the next four years.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BY KAYLA VALERA | STAFF WRITER Upon watching president-elect Donald Trump\u2019s speech at his victory rally, many thoughts were racing through my head; one of them being, “How appropriate is it that The Rolling Stones\u2019 ‘You can\u2019t always get what you want\u2019 plays out when he leaves the stage?” Is there any truer sentiment that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}