Look at this shark. Isn't it just adorable? Look at that silly toothy grin! Those floppy fins! That rounded nose! I wish I could hug this shark and pat his head, and so would any reasonable person who, like me, loves sharks. Many people, however, do not like sharks. Movies like Jaws as well as decades of sensationalist anti-shark coverage from the news media has made many Americans fearful of these wonderful animals. Some truly deplorable individuals have even grown to hate sharks. One of those individuals is Donald Trump.
The worst thing about Donald Trump is that he hates sharks.
Even before he ran for president, he was vocal about his hatred for sharks. According to Stormy Daniels, “He is obsessed with sharks” she said. “Terrified of sharks. He was like, ‘I donate to all these charities and I would never donate to any charity that helps sharks. I hope all the sharks die.’ He was like riveted. He was like obsessed. It’s so strange, I know.”
When Trump was signing an executive order to push for using plastic straws, he responded to environmental concerns by saying "I don't think that plastic is going to affect a shark as they're eating, as they're munching their way through the ocean," said Trump. This is obviously wrong, since plastic is bad for sharks. It can cause serious problems if they accidentally eat it or get tangled up in it, and it can even cause them to suffocate. Microplastics have also been found in sharks and in shark eggs, and we don't even know the full ramifications of that yet, but it's probably not good.
At a campaign rally, when he was rambling about the ocean and lakes, he said that he preferred lakes because they didn't have sharks, saying "I'll take the one without the sharks".
When Trump was at a state dinner in Vietnam, he also ate shark fin soup. It's been estimated that over one hundred million sharks are killed by humans a year, and many of these sharks are caught, have their fins cut off, and are thrown back in the water alive in order to satiate people's desire for this soup. And here he was, at a state dinner, eating it, knowing full well that it's harmful towards sharks. It's even illegal in the US, but of course he wouldn't care about something like that. Sharks are an important part of the ocean's ecosystem, and when they're hurt, the ocean is hurt.
In 2013, one of Trump's hotels in New Jersey was found to be serving Shark Fin Soup. In a series of tweets, he responded to someone complaining about it on twitter by saying "You like sharks?" and "Sorry folks, I'm just not a fan of sharks—and don't worry, they will be around long after we are gone." and "Sharks are last on my list – other than perhaps the losers and haters of the World!".
Just yesterday, Trump also signed S. 1003, or "Lulu's Law" into law. This law would permit wireless emergency alerts to phones in case of shark attacks. This will likely contribute to anti-shark paranoia. Sharks are sweet creatures, and they usually leave humans alone. They only attack when provoked, if they're curious, or if they think we're some other kind of prey, like a seal. Even when they do attack, they almost never kill people.
I'm just happy that Donald Trump doesn't know what blahajes are or what they symbolize. He'd probably be going after Ikea, a very LGBT-friendly company who has embraced the LGBT and especially trans community's love of blahajes and sharks.
Donald Trump kills more people a year than sharks do, and is clearly a greater threat to the American people, and to humanity, than sharks will EVER be.
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Submission statement: Donald Trump hates sharks, and I hate him.
I didn’t realize this would be restricted because I mentioned trans stuff. 😢
Something fun: A few days ago, Ikea Spain released a video talking about the LGBT community’s embrace of blahaj, and released a cute manual for him that talks about how to be respectful and empathetic towards LGBT folks.
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Personally i think its the raping women and girls but yeah the shark hatred is up there
*“I say, what would happen if the boat sank from its weight, and you’re in the boat, and you have this tremendously powerful battery, and the battery is now underwater. And there’s a shark that’s approximately 10 yards over there,” …*
*“By the way, lot of shark attacks lately, I watched some guys justifying it today. ‘Well, they weren’t really that angry. They bit off the young lady’s leg because of the fact that they were, they were not hungry, but they misunderstood who she was. He said ‘there’s no problem with sharks, they just didn’t really understand a young woman’s swimming. She really got decimated and other people too, a lot of shark attacks.”*
*… “So I said, there’s a shark 10 yards away from the boat, do I get electrocuted? If the boat is sinking, water goes over the battery, the boat is sinking, do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted? Or do I jump over by the shark and not get electrocuted?*
*“Because I will tell you he didn’t know the answer. He said, ‘you know, nobody’s ever asked me that question.’ I said I think it’s a good question. I think there’s a lot of electric current coming to that water. But you know what I’d do? If there was a shark or you get electrocuted, I’ll take electrocution every single time. I’m not getting near the shark.”*