To the editor:
Whether it is mass shooting or an environmental catastrophe, we know what we will get from our Con-Artist-in-Chief — alligator tears and another photo opp. The fourth-grade mind of Donald Trump does not see beyond what it means for the image and Twitter reputation of the Donald.
It is unfortunate that we have a functionally illiterate, bumper-sticker mentality, fraud for a president for whom the concept of “presidential” has too many syllables. What is really tragic is the bureaucratic and cultural brutality that his hateful rhetoric has engendered.
He has unleashed the Gestapo-like raids of I.C.E., the deliberate dismantling of environmental and personal protections across all departments of his administration and given encouragement for racist and nationalist groups to openly practice their invective and brutality. I pray it does not take us decades to recover from the disastrous mess he leaves behind but when you unleash the worst instincts of human beings it is hard to put the uncivilized genie back in the bottle.
It will be a real challenge for the next generation of leadership to Make America Great Again after he finishes dragging America deeper into the mud of profanity, discourtesy and lack of compassion.
Donald Smith
Franklin
