A De Anza student reeled back when it was implied there was even a possibility of her liking President Donald Trump. “One hundred percent no!” she said
Annie Le, a 24-year-old accounting major is just one of the young people who do not like Trump according to an Associated Press poll released March of last year. In interviews with five De Anza students including Le, they reflected the poll’s findings despite their political party.
The AP-NORC/MTV poll found that 67 percent of almost 1000 people ages 15-34 do not approve of Donald Trump and that 60 percent of people polled thought he was mentally unfit to be president.
Quyen Pham, an 18-year-old ultrasound technician major said she is a republican. She also does not approve of Trump because of his anti-abortion views.
“I don’t know where to start [talking about Trump],” Pham said. “He does very questionable things and a lot of people don’t like him.”
Le said she did not think Trump had the mental or physical health to keep up with the job of being president.
“Just look at him,” Le said.
Pham also does not think Trump is mentally fit to be president. She said his ideas can be “kinda crazy.”
Nathan Thi, 18, communications major, agrees with Pham.
“I feel like the moment he gets criticism he’s already breaking down and ready to point fingers,” said Thi. “So I don’t think he has the mentality of a leader or a president.”
Some students interviewed did not think he was mentally fit not because of his ideas, but because of his lack of a political background. Regine Garcia, 19, business major, said she did not think he was fit because of that lack of political experience.
“His mental state is more like a business person,” said Le. ”(His policies) mostly benefit him or benefits a certain party,”
Patrick Barringer, a 23-year-old business administration major, who also doesn’t like Trump, shared an experience where a company he worked for was taxed less because of Trump. He said Trump’s tax cut did not benefit him but did benefit his company and others.
The AP-NORC poll also found that 54 percent of people said he was not treated fairly by the press. Three of the 5 De Anza students interviewed thought that he was treated fairly.
Annie Le had a mixed opinion
“You have Fox News who’s more republican but then CNN who is more democratic,” said Le. “If you read both it would be considered fairly, but if you only read one side then it wouldn’t be considered fairly.” The media is biased on both sides, said Le.
Garcia thought that Trump was treated fairly since it seemed like he went out of his way to try to provoke people. “He does it to himself,” said Garcia.
Barringer had a similar opinion. “If you’re an asshole and the press portrays you to be an asshole then that’s fair.”
Pham said again that because Trump had “questionable ideas” that she thought he was treated fairly by the press.
Thi said he had no opinion on how the media treated Trump.
All students except Pham described themselves as democrats.
Pham ended the interview by saying, “Everyone should have their own opinions as long as they don't hurt people.”