Anyone who hasn’t heard of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign must be living under a rock.

Trump is one of the top Republican candidates and has caused loads of controversy since his announcement earlier this summer. It isn’t hard to see why.

Donald Trump grew up in a wealthy neighborhood in Queens, New York. As he grew into adulthood, he became involved in the world of economics and graduated with a master’s degree from the Wharton School of Finance. Soon after, Trump became a businessman in the field of real estate, and purchased and renamed several buildings in his name. He has been married three times and fathered five children. He has been seen on reality TV shows such as The Apprentice and has been heavily involved in the Miss America Beauty Pageant.

Although Trump has been on the radar of many Americans, he is only now becoming a popular subject of ridicule and debate. Trump announced his campaign on June 16th, sparking an uproar afterwords. The businessman has made racist, sexist, and just plain absurd remarks:

““I think his immigration policies are very misguided,” Sara Grube commented. She went on to say that it is ridiculous how immigration is the foundation of this country and Trump believes he can make America great again by using the idea that people from other countries don’t deserve to be in America.

“People say they like Trump because he speaks his mind and he doesn’t say he’s sorry. I think that’s definitely an admirable quality to have but when you are putting other people down and they’re still voting for you there’s definitely a miscommunication,” Kelly Bagdonas said.

Nashoba teachers also have strong opinions on Trump. Mr. Poirier, one of Nashoba’s history teachers, shared his opinions on Donald Trump, saying he is xenophobic and that expecting Mexico to pay for a wall is “stupid.” Mr. Poirier believes the presidential candidate is simply “trying to build up fire under people” and unfortunately not getting to any of the real issues.

“As far as I’m concerned, his approach on immigration is so racist I’m not sure how else to put it,” Mr. Poirier commented. “I don’t think he’s fit to be president at all. You know, he talks about his businesses but is always in debt and he’s filed bankruptcy four times. That doesn’t make him know anything about finances. He wants to go to war with Iran and any other country that’s against him. He’s not gonna be able to do anything as president. I think he’s doing this all for show. I think there’s gonna be a documentary about this later on.”

On the subject of women’s rights, Mr. Poirier had quite a lot to say: “I don’t think he has any real views on women or women’s rights,” Mr. Poirier commented. “I think he thinks they’re objects, if you think about his role with Miss America, if you think about the fact that he’s what, been married three, or four times, I don’t know. He actually said something about how if his daughter wasn’t his daughter he would date her. That’s really gross! He has no idea. He says ‘Oh, well women love me’. No, they really don’t, unless you pay for them to love you.””