iGen: Why Today's Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy--and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What That Means for the Rest of Us

by Jean M. Twenge

Mark doesn’t care for all of Trump’s statements, but after reading his and Hillary Clinton’s platforms he decided that “out of the two poisons . . . Donald Trump is the least worse one.” Like Trump, Mark believes that things are bad enough for Americans already without trying to help people from other countries. “With all of the immigrants coming in, not only will there be a shortage of jobs but a shortage of land to live in. The poverty level’s going to skyrocket because there’s not going to be enough resources to go around. I would much rather have a wall and keep our economy going than try to help people we can’t help,” he says, referring to Trump’s campaign promise to build a wall along the US-Mexico border.