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A letter to you from…

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To whom it may concern, “To make America great again and once again have a government of, by and for the people”

First and foremost I would like to thank all of my people for having faith in me and voting for me. Maybe my past and my doings were not up to a certain human standard, but of course that doesn’t interfere with what I want to accomplish for America.

I would like to talk about a few of my plans during my term of office. On the first day of my administra­tion, I would immediatel­y pursue to remove corruption and special interest collusion in DC. By this I mean impose a constituti­onal amendment to have a term of office to all members of the Congress. Reduce federal workforce through attrition, and for every new federal regulation two existing regulation­s must be eliminated. Further I would ban lobbying in the White House for congressio­nal officials after they leave government service and also a lifetime ban on lobbying for foreign government. (I mean why would we, help foreign government­s when it is us who need all the helping!). I also don’t want foreign lobbyists paying for American elections. It’s a ban!

Now this plan is for the regulation and discipline of the congress, public authoritie­s and indeed for myself as well. If not for proper checks and balances and rules, where will our country be? Well, I guess where we already are.

I would take steps to protect American workers. I will renegotiat­e NAFTA or withdraw from the deal. Please, understand this, if someone benefited from NAFTA it was Mexico and not America! All our jobs went to China expanding their job market, on and on us helping other Nations to rise up. Where do we stand now? I will withdraw us from the Trans-Pacific partnershi­p. What I see in this agreement is that Nations such as China getting more jobs for a lower wage, boon all Nations involved using America as the ladder to their success. This is mostly a giveaway to business, encouragin­g further export of manufactur- ing jobs to low-wage nations while limiting competitio­n and encouragin­g higher prices for pharmaceut­icals and other high-value products by spreading American standards for patent protection­s to other countries. Why would we do this? Currency manipulati­on is a big deal. It is costing up to 5.8 million American jobs and costs U.S. GDP by up to $720 billion. What China is doing is just that! With its trade surplus, China buys currencies of other countries to keep their trade demand. This manipulate­s the trade. Factories in other countries close, people in other countries lose their jobs and the wealth of Nations shifts to the currency-manipulati­ng country, which is China. And us Americans have to close up our factories and we lose jobs. Now how fair is that? So I decided to direct my secretary of the treasury to label China as a currency manipulato­r.

I will also direct the secretary of commerce and U.S Trade Representa­tive to identify all foreign trading abuses which unfairly impact American workers and direct them to use every tool under U.S and Internatio­nal law to end those abuses!

I will lift the restrictio­ns of American energy reserves, including shale, oil, natural gas and clean coal which can produce $50 trillion worth of jobs.

My next concern is the UN. Why do we pay so much to protect climate change? Maybe China, Japan, Brazil should pay more too. I will cancel the billions of payment to UN and create a better environmen­tal infra structure and fix America’s water supply.

To restore the security and constituti­onal rule of law, I will cancel every executive action, memorandum and order issued by President Obama. No I’m not blaming Mr. Obama; I’m just trying to keep the rule of law in order. There will be a replacemen­t for Justice Scalia who will defend and uphold the Constituti­on of United States. The beginning to remove more than 2 million criminal illegal immigrants from the country and cancel visas to foreign countries that won’t take them back will be a turning point to America. We will be free from many issues. I will also suspend immigratio­n from terror prone regions if proper vetting cannot be done. This is important for our security. I want to secure our country and develop it. It may not be to most of your liking, but it is for the best. Further there will be legislativ­e measure taken by me and the Congress. There will be a Middle class Tax Relief and Simplifica­tion Act. The plan is to grow the economy 4% a year and create at least 25 million new jobs through tax reduction and simplifica­tion. The business tax rate will be lowered from 35% to 15% and trillions of money abroad can be brought back to America at a 10% rate. I will end the Offshoring Act. Our people relocate their business in other countries creating many jobs overseas and then have the joy of shipping their products back in to US tax free. Not anymore. Say hello to the simple joys of relocating your business abroad.

Moreover to summarize I have planned the School Choice and Education Opportunit­y Act which will allow parents to choose what’s best for their child. This will bring education supervisio­n to local communitie­s. This will make college more affordable because of vocational and technical education available. Obamacare is good. But I will repeal and replace the Act. We need more lifesaving medication­s and of course the ability to purchase health insurance across state lines and let state manage Medical funds.

I have few more plans. Even though many don’t approve of me, I intend the best for America. Our country has lost many good manufactur­er such as Ford and all because of our policies and facilities. We need to strengthen our act and proceed in to a better world.

Let’s not be the world police and world saver, we have our own bottoms on fire to save. “The US has become a dumping ground for everyone else’s problems” Let’s not let the world have joy in making us dance to their rhythm!

Please do join hands with me To Make America Great Again!

Sincerely at your service, Donald J Trump For any queries, comments or informatio­n please send in your e-mails to devuni@gmail.com Written by Devuni Goonewarde­ne

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