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America’s Karma

Shirley Jones Luke
3 min readFeb 1, 2025

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When You Don’t Treat Women Fairly, it comes back to bite you.

Kamala Harris should be President of the United States. Yet, she enjoys her private life and plans her next political moves. Meanwhile, America suffers for not choosing her to lead the country. Donald Trump is slowly destroying the economy of the United States.

I believe in karma. Karma means when you’ve done something wrong, the universe returns that bad to you tenfold. That’s what is currently happening in the country. Since taking office on January 20th, President Trump's actions have been karma for the country.

In only two weeks, Trump has pardoned January 6th insurrectionists, liberating over 1,500 people. He threatened to freeze funding for key programs like Medicaid, causing disruptions nationwide. A judge halted his plans, and Trump later rescinded the executive order. Trump has issued orders to arrest illegal immigrants, causing many to go into hiding and not report to their jobs. This has significantly impacted the farming industry, leaving millions of crops unpicked. Trump has issued tariffs against the U.S.’s biggest trading partners — Canada, China, and Mexico — which will cause price increases on many goods. We, the people, have to pay for those price increases.

In addition, Trump recently blamed DEI hires for the tragic plane crash that occurred over the Potomac River near the Reagan International Airport. He made the controversial statements as the bodies of the victims were being pulled from the river, and the investigation had…

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Shirley Jones Luke
Shirley Jones Luke

Written by Shirley Jones Luke

Shirley is a writer. Ms. Luke enjoys books, fashion and travel. She is working on her second poetry manuscript, a collection of essays, and a fiction novel.

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