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The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to a crowd gathered in the Field House on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. . Trump made a stop in Iowa City to persuade people to caucus for him next week. (The Daily Iowan/Brooklynn Kascel)

Trump-istory

Donald Trump has gross deficiency in political knowledge of the world and doesn’t even recognize that he does. He has projected the idea that his involvement in the Miss Universe contest in Russia has made him well-informed about Russia. Yet so naïve is Trump that he doesn’t realize it’s dangerous and dis-serving to the United States to be an enraptured puppet in the hands of Vladimir Putin. He is oblivious to the importance of very significant events in the world such as the British vote to leave the EU, while instead concerning himself with paltry matters such as whether Ghazala  Khan, the Gold Star mother, spoke.

Trump has made many promises, but he hasn’t the necessary knowledge of the political system to keep them.

He has spent a lifetime growing a business empire on roots begun by his father, which entailed activities relentlessly requiring putting oneself above the interests of other parties. Thus, there has been the discrimination against blacks in rental units, construction workers left unpaid, and people cheated through Trump University.

After his long record of self-service, how can you expect him to become serving to others?

­—­ ­Jennifer Winkler

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