Donald Trump’s victory of 312 electoral seats as opposed to Harris’s 226 has left Americans divided in their reactions since the election on Nov. 5. 

While this isn’t unexpected considering the polarized state of American politics, the falsehoods following Trump are worth noting. 

This time around, Democrats and Harris supporters are grieving their candidate’s loss, similarly to how Trump supporters did after his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. The reactions from both losses are different in many ways but similar in one: The media is amplifying hysteria and false news surrounding the victorious candidate. 

But in all honesty, because our media is predominantly left-leaning, the hysteria surrounding Trump this time around is present online in ways that Trump supporters’ antics back in 2020 weren’t.

On social media, it seems that the falsehoods surrounding Trump’s victory are taken more seriously and given more of a platform than that of Trump supporters four years ago.

I’m not saying that either side’s antics and rhetoric against the opposing candidate are valid. I’m saying that both are wrong, and it just so happens that we are seeing it from the left this time.

Moreover, grieving the loss of Harris and finding discomfort with Trump’s win isn’t the problem, but propelling propaganda and falsehoods of what Trump is or isn’t going to do is. 

The outcry coming from the Left is along the lines of how women will lose their fundamental rights with Trump as president, as mentions of the radical feminist 4B Movement make waves online. 

The 4B movement originated in South Korea back in 2019, and is meant to directly oppose Korea’s patriarchal society and legislation passed. Women participating promote a single and child-free lifestyle, rejecting men entirely. 

The current 4B discourse online reiterates how it is necessary in our country’s current state to protect female autonomy with regards to access to abortions. 

Surface level research is the enemy to this argument, for Trump is not going to issue a federal abortion ban, not that it’s constitutional anyway.

Yes, abortion access is surely hindered as it is vested with the states since the overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022.

However, abortion access isn’t gone nor is it changing, it’s limited on a national level, and brought back to the states as the federal government should not be dealing with an issue on which the country is divided. 

Is it unfortunate and inconvenient for women? Yes. 

But is it enough for American women to claim that they have now lost their human rights and autonomy? No. 

Much of the women’s rights discourse following Trump’s victory is laced with hyperbolic language and a lack of truth. It even sounds a little tone deaf to women across the globe whose human rights are truly at stake. Women living under the Taliban in Afghanistan are just one example.

The next piece of false rhetoric, although less discussed by teens, is Trump’s supposed plans to dismantle the administrative state — in other words — his agenda to get rid of entire government agencies and departments.

While Trump has made claims to dismantle the Department of Education, one must remember that he is a politician, and not one that is very sophisticated at that. 

We cannot just take a politician’s words at face value.

What Trump really intends vs. what the media claims he will do are two different things. 

Dismantling entire agencies as many spin, isn’t a likely endeavor nor is it remotely possible to do.

What Trump does take issue with is the current bloated state of our bureaucracy, or how we have too many employees contributing to an oversized government, leading to slowed processes and widespread inefficiencies. 

Due to this issue in our government, Trump plans to immensely cut down on our bureaucracy because of this. How he will do this and to what degree is unclear as of now.
What is clear, however, is that these efforts are tainted and twisted by much of our mainstream media. In reality, there are objective issues as a result of the current size of our bureaucracy that could greatly be fixed by slimming down, which just so happens to be a goal for Trump in his second-term. 

There are plenty of reasons to dislike Donald Trump, whether it stems from his character to his administration’s agenda. This blog is not pro- or anti- any specific politician or administration. 

Nor is this blog telling you how to feel about the president-elect or his re-election. What I do aim to do is highlight the problem of rampant falsehoods surrounding his re-election.

Such discourse which is fueled by rhetoric as opposed to truth and objectivity. 

This flaw seen from both sides of the spectrum pollutes productive political discussions.