Trump Sees US as a Third World Country

Trump doesn't know what a 3rd World Country is.

In his first presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump said: "We are a third world country."

Such a comment is not surprising from a candidate who continually disparages our country. His campaign to "Make America Great Again," suggests that America is not great, and that we should go back to the way things were in the past.  The question then becomes: Where does he want to go back to?  The days of slavery? The days women were not allowed to vote?  World War Two? Bush's war in Iraq/?  Bush's Great Recession? The economic good times of Bill Clinton's Administration?

If we are a third world country now, what were we before Barack Obama became President -- a time we were facing another Great Depression?


And how would Donald Trump even know what a third world country is? Granted he flies all over the world in his private jets, but he never visits the impoverished countries of Africa. Why would he go there? They have no money. Donald Trump does not know what a third world country really is. He avoids countries that have no plush hotels and golf courses. He does not want to be near poverty and disease. Thus, he is hardly the one to tell us we are a third world country.


But, to be fair to Mr. Trump, he was probably speaking about the state of our infrastructure. (Of course, one never knows; he makes a career out of being unclear.) Even if he was speaking only of our infrastructure, the question remains: How would he know what a third world infrastructure is? His sons probably know a bit about third world countries since they travel the world to kill large animals.


Although our infrastructure is not that of a third world country, it is deteriorating and is in need of attention. What Donald fails to mention is that President Obama has been pushing for infrastructure improvements which would also generate new jobs, but Donald's  fellow Republicans in Congress consistently prevent any such projects. Unfortunately these GOP congress men and women have taken the position that they will prevent anything that President Obama proposes, even though all agree such proposals are for the good of the country.

It is an unfortunate day for our country when one of our major parties stymies the efforts of our President to enhance the country, and that same party's presidential candidate is trashing his own country and exalts the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin.