Why I'm Up On Trump
I watched the first Republican National Debate at 2:30 a.m. on an Italian live–streaming portal while abroad last fall. I had begun to consider the pool of Republican presidential candidates beforehand, but afterwards I was embarrassed to admit that, of the participants, I thought Trump clinched the win. Yet in Facetiming my mom the following day, I learned—to my extreme surprise—that she felt the same way. The fact that just one educated human existed who wouldn’t label me a pariah gave me the reassurance I needed to explore Trump’s policies further. And so I arrived at the highly unsettling conclusion that I support Trump above all announced candidates in the 2016 presidential race.