10. Minority Groups Uprooted
We all know that Donald Trump doesn’t think too fondly of minority groups. From wanting to remove undocumented immigrants to banning Muslims from being able to enter America, these are promises that Donald Trump may act on. While some have questioned his ability to do this, or at least questioned the extent of it, it is very likely that Trump will actually succeed in getting rid of the Dreamer program, one that gives a work permit to children who came to America illegally. There are roughly 742,000 of them right now. As it stands now, however, it looks like Trump has not changed his stance on immigrants since becoming president. In his first television interview since becoming president, Trump said that he plans to deport up to as many as 3 million undocumented immigrants “immediately.” Indeed, it was reported he has already been drafting up instructions for deportation officers. But removing all of those people from the labor force has a lot of negative consequences for the economy, including a loss of unskilled jobs and a drop in salaries, exactly the opposite effect Trump thought he would have.
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