Blog 1: Candidate Biography and Image

Donald Trump, a name that evokes emotion whether it be excitement or frustration; he is a controversial character and one of the more polarizing presidents in the United States history.

He was born in Queens New York in 1946. Trump is a business mogul who has created extreme wealth for his company. He went into business with his father and has attracted many famous and affluent costumers within his real estate business. Trump has been in the public eye for some time, and he is well known for being the host of the reality television show Celebrity Apprentice  He owns many properties around the world and continues to grow his position as an incredibly rich public figure and more recently president.
He stated this key idea all throughout his campaign; he is a businessman not a politician. Trump has no experience as a politician, but he saw that as an advantage all throughout his campaign. His argument and strategy was that people were sick of political elites who got 'nothing' done in Washington. Trump is qualified to be the president according to the criteria stated in the constitution: natural born US citizen, resident of the US for at least 14 years, and at least 35 years of age. The question of if these eligibility requirements make him a good candidate is still arguable. He has been pegged in the media for his not so clean past that has affected public opinion; there are instances where he does not show respect or understanding of different identities people hold

          His lack of political experience was appealing to some, but worrisome for others. He has never assimilated himself within the political sphere. A selling point that the Trump campaign used as the counterargument was the fact that he has grown his business to be as wealthy as it is and that he had connections from his company all over the world, which would make him an asset to the country in helping the economy and being able to have valuable connections for developing greater ties with foreign allies. Trump has positive and negative attributes that will have an effect on how his time in the white house will be.

          Something that is crucial to know about how President Trump conducted his campaign was that he funded it completely. This is extremely unheard of, because of his money he put towards his campaign he was not tied down to the persuasion of the lobbyists. He was completely untethered to any cooperate opinions. His campaign was an interesting journey. There was attention given to him with every move he made whether it was good or bad. Something that many saw appealing or completely infuriating was his inability to sensor or edit the words that left his mouth. His off the cusp rhetoric was new and to many engaging, he had an unpredictability about him that made the media and the public engaged in what he would say next.
        Donald Trumps public image is not the cleanliest of potential presidential candidates, he is perceived by the left winged and some moderate and right winged individuals as a chauvinistic bigot. I don’t think the campaign managers wanted to clean up his edges as a representative of the Republican Party, because from my point of view as a consumer of his politics Trump could not be controlled and his lack of structure aided him and his campaign in many ways. There are of course things that came out in the campaign season that neither candidate wanted to be exploited. I do not believe it was the intention for Trump to be framed in the way that he was with his moral character, but rather it was dealt with in their idea of the best way possible.

          In being more successful Trump needs to be inclusive of all of those who reside in the United States and not to only those who paved his way to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. He needs to uphold greater accountability of his character and promote the ideals this country stands for. He is not the candidate that most people wanted according to the popular vote, but I am forcing myself to be naively optimistic for his future as a leader of this great nation for my benefit as a citizen.

http://www.biography.com/people/donald-trump-9511238#synopsis

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/trumps-best-campaign-strategy-was-to-not-campaign-at-all.html