By Noah Graham | Contributor
Donald Trump. Whatever image of him is conjured up in your mind probably has been subjected to two years of political exposure. Donald Trump, by his very nature, is a business man. In that spirit of business, when we look at why Mr. Trump should be president, we must compare goods. Clinton vs. Trump. What are they selling? What do they stand for? What good have they done? What bad have they done?
First, when we evaluate the "sales" portion of the Trump vs. Clinton comparison, we need to look at their products. Both are millionaires; a simple Google search will tell you that. Donald Trump earns profits by selling hotel rooms or bottles of wine. What did Hillary Clinton sell to make 150 million U.S. dollars?
For a woman who claimed to be broke in her 2014 memoir "Hard Choices,"she sure has made quite the fortune. Herein lies my problem with Hillary Clinton: deception.
For an example of her deceptions, we can look back to 2012 in Benghazi, Libya. Those who are vocal proponents of Mrs. Clinton probably believe I am beating a dead horse, but for the sake of argument, let's explore the facts. According to the book "13 Hours," four Americans died after hours of asking for air support, reinforcements and exfil. All of this occurred under Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
Another example of her deception: Clinton recently stated with regard to the Benghazi case that she didn't know what a classified document looked like. She also stated that she didn't recall seeing any classified documents. Is that not an oxymoron? This is just one of many different examples of Hillary Clinton's deception.
Now, do I believe that Donald Trump is the very best option in these United States for president? No. But Donald Trump is the best we are going to get for this election. When comparing him to Hillary Clinton, we cannot help but see Trump as the superior option. Trump has never shied away from the spotlight. He has made himself available to media attention and scrutiny. This has allowed Donald Trump to voice his opinion and his stance on a number of different issues facing this election. Where has Hillary been? She has been pulled into a van on account of "overheating" in 77-degree weather. She has been under FBI investigation. Trump has been campaigning, helping flood victims and rallying a movement.
In our era, we have been bombarded with career politicians; men and women who have no business representing "We The People." Donald Trump is not a career politician, he is not establishment and he is not bound by party. For this reason, Trump is giving us rhetoric we have never heard before. Hillary Clinton's rhetoric sounds almost identical to Barack Obama's. The Democratic Party has fed the beast that is Hillary Clinton. Trump, however, has taken the opposite approach. He has defied the wishes of the party and continued with his own beliefs.
Donald Trump is something we have never seen before. In the economy's dire state, I believe Trump is the remedy. The United States of America is $19 trillion in debt. Because of this, I must ask one question of those who oppose Trump and endorse the Clinton regime: "How will Hillary Clinton lower the national debt?" Most of the time the answer involves more taxation, more government and more process. On this issue I take a staunch stance of libertarianism, one that is similar to Donald Trump's. Trump believes in shrinking the government, cutting spending and returning power to states. I honestly and truly believe that the fiscal policies of Donald Trump will benefit this great nation. Yes, Trump has his flaws and his shortcomings, but what other options do we have? What we have is a man who earns his money legally. A man who seeks to restore the freedoms all Americans hold so dear: life, liberty and property. A man who seeks to "Make America Great Again."
