Throughout Chapter 1 of Judith Butler’s book titled Frames of War: When is Life Grievable? Butler claims that in that our world, some people’s existences are deemed more significant and important than other people’s existences. A quote that portrays this thought is that “we mourn for some lives but respond with coldness to the loss of others.” Butler also highlights that the media has a large role to play in terms of the discrimination towards certain groups. She uses the inmates at Guantanamo Bay as an example of this, claiming that the “the lives of those at Guantanamo do not count as the kind of ‘human lives’ protected by human rights discourse.” Butler claims that we hear the truth of people’s pain through the Guantanamo Poems, although these people are mostly criminals who should arguably not necessarily be mourned over the loss of their lives. Another example of this concept that Butler does not explicitly mention can be seen in Donald Trump’s lack of regard or empathy for those with coloured skin or who have different religious practices. Discrimination makes us question who gets to have power and whether or not one’s status, political views, and ethnicity determines if people will mourn their death. In terms of Butler’s question surrounding “how do you define who you are vulnerable to?” Judith Butler notes that the very state of being a social being makes us vulnerable, but the question is who is more vulnerable and why? That answer is determined by who has power and who the most powerful leaders then deem to be important as opposed to dangerous. Donald Trump placed a ban on Muslim’s being permitted to enter the country for the safety and protection of America. Not only does this precedent create a bad name for Muslim people, is fear mongering and manifests ignorance, but it is also an opportunity for other minorities to be oppressed and for even non-minorities to be questioned. The fact that friends close to me whom are Caucasian and have been Canadian Citizen’s for their whole lives were questioned at the border very recently, speaks volumes about the impact that Donald Trump’s power has on our world. The Guantanamo Poems portray the inmates as actual human beings as opposed to mere monsters. The point of the matter is that all human beings are precarious to an extent, and life and the world as we know it is dangerous. In some ways, Donald Trump is just as dangerous as the criminals that are locked up in prisons, because he has the power to carry out incredibly destructive acts and to pass wrongful laws that harm millions of people. Butler’s conclusion that we need to start thinking differently in order to prevent the outbreak of more violence in our society, is a step in the right direction. At the end of the day, we need to question the root of the problem – the state of our political leaders. The fact that America is being oppressed by the very xenophobic, homophobic man whom they elected as President, highlights the crisis that America is in. Butler is correct in her view that we need to break down the lies and brainwashing of the media. Sometimes those who are not mourned are the ones who truly should be, and those who are not respected are those who should be called heroes. In our world today we need to begin speaking more truths as opposed to staying more silent.