Letter to the Editor

Trump again, no way

By John Lown,  Maybrook
Posted 11/23/22

On November 15 from his Mar-a-Lago country club Donald Trump officially announced he is running again for President in 2024. It is hard to imagine he will be eligible to run since he is knee-deep in …

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Letter to the Editor

Trump again, no way

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On November 15 from his Mar-a-Lago country club Donald Trump officially announced he is running again for President in 2024. It is hard to imagine he will be eligible to run since he is knee-deep in lawsuits and investigations. Trump is the subject of both criminal and civil investigations; a New York state Attorney General civil probe of the Trump Organization, a House Ways and Means committee tax probe, a January 6 House Select committee investigation, a Dept. of Justice criminal probe of the Jan 6 insurrection against the Capitol, a DOJ investigation of Trump’s mishandling of classified material and Trump’s interference in Georgia’s results of the 2020 Presidential election. There surely is enough evidence from all his legal troubles for a Trump indictment. Something has to stick.

Trump is a traitor to our democracy, an enemy to our Constitution, the one who instigated an insurrection against our Capitol, the citadel of our democracy, with the purpose of preventing Congressional certification of Biden’s election victory. This insurrection resulted in death and destruction. Trump is the one who has poisoned the political landscape, the one who looks for conspiracy theories under every rock and the one who has embraced the Qanon conspiracy theory seeking support from its followers. 

At a recent rally Trump picked up on a Joe McCarthyesque line when he declared America is on the path to communism and only he can save it from the red menace if elected in 2024. What hogwash ! There is no communist threat here. Trump will say and do anything outrageous  to stir up his political base. What indeed has to be saved is America from the authoritarian reach of King Donald aided and abetted by his loyal subjects. 

Recently Trump’s wife Melania was quoted as saying there are three words that would be of benefit to America with Trump as President again in 2024, namely “ success and prosperity. “ For me three words come to mind that are actually accurate based on historical evidence, namely “ corruption and chaos. “ No doubt Trump should be found guilty. He should not go unpunished. He belongs behind bars, not behind a desk in the Oval Office.