Wednesday, May 24, 2017

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/26/fox-news-poll-president-trumps-first-100-days-getting-mixed-reviews.html


           This article is about Trumps first 50 days in office and what the public things he has done good and not so much. There was a poll taken when he first took office that said 48% of people thought he was succeeding in his job, when the poll was retaken after his 100th day that dropped to 43%. These polls aren't the most accurate but they are similar to the public opinion.

           The media that wrote this acts as a gatekeeper that provides information based on the way the author feels on the issue. The public has public opinion and public policy that also give the views on how people feel on these the of issues. The articles that are put out by news channels can be very biased on the way that the news channel feels wether or not they are liberal or conservative.

           I think that Donald Trump has done a decent job in his term so far and hope that he continues to help us out In the long run. I think Trump has had some tough things to deal with and has dealt with them appropriately. If I was doing a poll I would say he has done a good job.

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/26/politics/el-chapo-border-wall-trnd/index.html

This article is about Donald Trumps wall and a unique view on how the project should be funded. Republican senator has an idea to make Mexican drug lord "El Chapo" pay for it. El Chapos real name is Joaquin Guzman and he is currently serving a life sentence here in the United States after he broke free from his other prison in Mexico. He definitely has the money to fund a project like this but that seems to be quite a stretch to try to get him to do. The United States is currently trying to get 14 billion in hidden assets from El Chapo that Senator Cruz says would be a nice down payment.

Cruz is try to get the "Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order Act" passed that would make the money that is currently being possessed from El Chapo go to funding a project such as the wall. The bill he is trying to pass is what makes this article relate to ap gov because we talked a lot of bills and how they are passed.

I fell that if we get that money we shouldn't use it on building the wall because in my opinion I think they're are way more important things we need to do than drop 14 billion dollars on a wall. We have way more Mexican immigrants that help our country by doing jobs that a lot of Americans don't want to do versus the ones in the United States committing crimes.