While the hot topic for a long time now has been Donald Trump and his running for US Presidency against Hillary “Killary” Clinton, the general consensus seems to be anything but Trump as he’s publicly racist, sexist, only looking out for the rich and just generally incompetent. All of these are good enough reason to vote against him, no matter what it takes, with many propaganda posts comparing him to Hitler. However, the Trump vs Hillary campaign has also been nicknamed by some as “Hitler vs Satan”. While Trump is one of the most hated men in the world right now, as are anyone publicly supporting him, is he actually the lesser of two evils?
As unapologetically controversial as Trump’s statements have been, his killing record is clean. Are his inappropriate behaviours worth putting up with in comparison to the potential mass killing faced with Hillary as President? Hillary Clinton had voted for assaults on Iraq, Libya and Syria, all of which are still going on to this day – and if successful, she’d be succeeding Barack Obama, who is responsible for many deaths in such countries. Hillary was front and centre in driving the US’s action in these assaults which have resulted in the death of over 700,000 people.
Hillary has made no mention of ceasing such actions, quite the opposite, as all her proclaimed plans imply she wants war with Russia next. The way things look for America, Trump is the safer option as at least he has a chance for peace, even though his chauvinism and bigotry were apparent long before he ever dared venture into politics. He is innocent of putting his nation’s security at risk, innocent of having his organization receiving large donations from countries that have killed women and homosexuals. Nor has he (publicly) been unable to ascertain whether an email was classified or not after thirty years of government experience – all of which Hillary is guilty of. Hillary has also faced criticism from people against abortion and anti-transgender people.
For all the death brought, lies told and laws broken, Hillary has shown to be so bad that even Trump is a preferential candidate, as many of Hillary’s actions are held accountable for the subjective poor state the US is in currently. While Trump still remains with the more infamous name, anybody who dares support Trump over Hillary is sure to receive much backlash just for the simple reason of not being 100% anti-Trump. Many still aren’t Trump fans but still support him over Hillary while believing that Bernie Sanders would have been the right choice. But at the same time, many are looking beyond the insanity Trump constantly spews and noticing Hillary’s corruption.
This begs a moral dilemma: is it better to have someone corrupt or insane? Trump’s political stance can always be argued as worse than Hillary’s for reasons such as his desire to bring back torture – and not for getting information, because “they deserve it”. He’s proven that he has no idea on economic policy, no idea how to run a country and his insanity is dangerous. He believes that every Muslim is a threat to the entire US and wishes to ban them from entering. He seems to want to send the nation broke with his crazy ideas and insult every world leader in existence, as well as his comments offensive to the disabled and ones that sound rather incestuous about his daughter.
Comparatively, it looks like Hillary knows how to run and country and not destroy the world. While Hillary’s corruption is inarguable, so is Trump’s. He has a completely warped view of the world and it wouldn’t be surprising to see him driving the economy into the ground for the laughs. Ultimately, Hillary would only have to be endured for four years before she can be replaced by a better candidate. Trump could destroy the world before then.
