Trump and Brexit victory: My opinion

The world is still reeling in shock at the recent victories of Donald Trump as the President-elect of the United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK) voting to leave the European Union (EU) in what has been termed by the media as Brexit.

Despite what the political pundits claim, I do not believe that it was necessarily a vote against the political establishments, but rather to do with the uncontrolled immigration in both countries.

Supporters of Brexit and Trump have been called all sorts of things, including being racists. One could argue that some of them are considering the number of hate crimes reported after the victories in both the US and the UK.

I believe these supporters are in the minority. However, the majority feel their leaders have lost control over their borders, despite their leaders declaring otherwise.  

Sometimes our leaders are so far removed from the man in the street that they do not really know the situation on the ground of the country they have sworn to protect and make a better place.

In both countries, the ordinary citizens have been witnessing the changing population landscape of their countries, due to a rise in immigration. Although it is not a problem for people to move around and live wherever they wish to live, it should be done the legal way and in a controlled manner. What has been happening in both countries is the opposite.  Immigration is at an alarming high in the UK and there are a reported 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States.

Americans and British citizens have every right to be angry. Tell me a man who would not defend his private territory and then tell me a man who would not vote for a leader who promises to defend that territory from what you can call ‘gradual takeover’ of their motherland, especially with such worryingly high statistics. 

The situation is exacerbated by media reports that immigrants are being treated much better than the country’s citizen and some are allegedly abusing the welfare system in the UK. 

If it was my country where immigration got out of control, I know for sure that if a leader was to appear promising to do something about it, I would definitely vote for him or her. think all their decisions are in agreement with the majority.

I am upset about both victories, especially the outcome of the US elections, but it is democracy and the people have spoken and we have to respect their wishes.