On this exact day last year, I couldn’t help but notice the disbelief and shock I felt as I saw Donald Trump win the presidential election. During that moment, I envisioned disaster and greed in the way our country was going to be led. Currently, the more I hear about President Donald Trump’s statements and actions the more I realize how he simply loves to say whatever is on his mind. I also realized the meaning of what it means to be American has been slowly fading away.

I have always hated Trump’s travel bans because they are a shame to how our country is represented in terms of acceptance and equality. According to the White House Website, his Jan. 27 ban is named “Executive Order: Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorists.” This title sends a message of rudeness and bigotry, as it flatly intends to label Muslims as an outgroup and categorizing them as terrorists.

However, there were second chances enforced by judges from states, like Minnesota and Hawaii, that continuously urged to block the ban altogether. Even though the ban currently is enforced in Chad, Iran, Somalia, North Korea, Yemen, Sudan and Syria, it is a huge improvement that Trump reconsidered some of his original decisions. However, with all of this said, the ban still reveals his racist beliefs

A real leader would speak up against issues in society. Trump’s Twitter history includes irrelevant tweets, like the name calling of “Fake News Network TV” he calls for the press. Yet, he becomes dead silent in peculiar ways when tragic events occur like the Las Vegas shooting rampage.

Examples of real problems that need to be publicized include the murder of a Muslim girl named Nabra Hassanen, where Trump didn’t tweet even once. Her funeral also burned down at one point, according to an Elite Daily article.

If Trump claims the press is fake, how come these kinds of instances the press covers are not being emphasized by him. Journalists work to report on every single perspective, and Trump as our President should be a person we all look towards for information and assurance. He is the one who is supposed to tell us about events such as the murder of Nabra Hassanen. In this case, Trump is the one who sounds more fake than the networks he criticizes.

His ability to bring personal bias into his statements regarding tragedies is ridiculous. This also reveals how dishonorable it is for not even attempting to make sincere and genuine condolences towards some tragedies occurring in our country and other places around the world.

What I also despise about his presidency is how he constantly avoids responsibility. According to the Rolling Stone, when the government found out his son, Donald Trump Jr., got involved in a meeting with a Russian lawyer, he kept veering the possibility of this being a mistake. Then he made a big scene when people not related to him do actions similar to it.

I feel thankful the U.S. is still intact and not facing any crises after one year of this. A President who talks good about himself and not others is not someone people will look up to. However, I appreciate how he was able to clinch the nomination of President after so many people doubted him, but I wish he would think before he spoke and create more effort in making his job not look like a joke. Times have certainly changed, and if President Trump decides to communicate anything else worth increasing doubt and worry amongst everyone, this country is going to have a harder time bouncing back from any future difficulties.