Prima Volta, Republican, Democrat is not the point. The issue here is a citizen’s right to choose whether or not he wants to learn and or speak a foreign language.  It is entirely unacceptable for a public official and outrageous for a Presidential Candidate to address American citizens in such a condescending manner. His elitist attitude professes to the world that Americans who chose not to learn a foreign language are inferior. He wants to represent the citizens of our Nation, not the members of the Harvard International Debate Team.  No other leader in the world has ever disparaged his citizenry this way. I found it personally advantageous to learn other languages; however, this doesn’t mean that a coal miner in Pennsylvania is ignorant for not sacrificing his family time and income to learn a foreign language. Nor, should he be demeaned or punished financially for his decision as he is now. In New York City, my elected officials took it upon themselves to spend my tax dollars to print student report cards in both English and Spanish, to cater to the City’s large illegal alien population. It is impossible to imagine another Country’s leader ever describing citizens as ignorant who only speak the primary language of their land.