Over-generalization: Trump makes constant
points that Mexican borders are dangerous because of the number of drugs and
immigrants coming over. He says that they are bringing “Massive amounts of
drugs” and “Thousands of illegal immigrants” over the border without the
protection of the wall he wants to build. However, in actuality, these numbers
aren’t nearly as high. As later stated in the article, these drugs came from
both north and south borders, not just the south border. And when it came to
the “Thousands of illegal immigrants,” apparently the average was only around
1.087 a day, as opposed to the ludicrous numbers Trump suggests.
Gambler’s Fallacy: I choose this fallacy
mainly because of Trump’s ideology in this article. By this, I mean the types
of things he says in his address and how he wishes that things would come true.
He’s made multiple assumptions that there were more illegal things going on
around the south border than what was actually happening, and made multiple
allegations that Mexico was going to pay for this border wall one way or
another. He’s been making the same bets in hopes that he would eventually find
incriminating evidence to enact the wall, and has been trying his best to
somehow make Mexico pay for this wall. He’s been trying the same thing, over
and over, in hopes that it would actually go through and actually work.
However, as many Americans have seen, this is not the case, since each attempt
is shut down by facts or by the fact that Mexico will not pay for a border
wall.
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