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In recent weeks, you have probably heard many of our citizens and elected officals refer to Mr. Trump as a NAZI and a racist for his soft stance on our "home grown terrorist", the K.K.K., skinheads and neo-nazis.I am very aware of Mr. Triump's racist nature, as I am, inaddition to being a US citizen, I am also a Native American from the Blackfoot Nation in the Great State of Montana. I have watch as Mr. Trump is attempting to cut over 5 million dollars from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Health Care, Ameridan Indian Health and Education. All of these agencies are required by U.S. Statue and Treaties to provide services to American Indians living on reservations in the United States. Mr. Trump, in talking about American Indians, has been quoted as saying, "give them (Indians) back their bows and arrows and let them get their own food, I will not give them one penny,"
Mr. Trump, even as he claims the title of President, does not speak for the majority of Americans. We, as a nation, have suffered embarrassment after embarrasment in front of the entire world because of Mr. Trump's big mouth. He has insulted every nation, every people, that have long been friends and allies. Even our next door neighbors, Canada and Mexico, have not been spared his stupid remarks.
So as the British people, and others in the world, try to understand Mr. Trump, please that the majority of Americans have given up on trying to understand the man. We believe that Mr. Trump has seriousl mental issues and a number of Americans not call Mr. Trump, "the boy who would be King."
I would also like to say that in 1971-72, I was an on an exchange program between the U.S. Army and the British SAS and came to love the people of England, as well as your beautiful country. I, to this day, believe that your SAS is equal to any of our special forces including the Navy Seals or our Delta Force. The only part of my stay with the SAS was their unoffical moto of "why walk when you can run". But in all seriousness, I do believe that the training I received with the SAS help keep me alive when I was sent to Vietnam from 1972 -73.
So, perhaps you may now have a little light into how the general population of the United Stats feel about the "boy king".
I am looking to my classes here at OpenU.