Is President Trump’s vision for America what you want?

President Trump

Is this the American you want?

It is said that people vote for what effects them and not for what offends them. OK, but does that mean that the character of our president doesn’t matter?

Anyone with a pulse knows what kind of person Donald Trump is, and not just the kind of president he is, but what kind of a human being he is. I doubt we’ve ever elected any president as totally immoral, ignorant and uncaring about it all except what affects votes.

His image, his bank account and winning re-election are everything. You and I mean nothing to this man except as votes. He wants his voters to hate those who look or think differently. He wants his voters to OK his racism, to believe that everyone who criticizes him is a liar. That all the media, except Fox News and Rush Limbaugh are purveyors of “fake news.” That scientists who warn us about what were doing to our planet are wrong. That the CIA and FBI are out to frame him. That Democrats hate America, especially the black and brown ones.

Is this the kind of America you want? Hating others? Not respecting law and order? Dissing those that warn of planetary disaster when the proof of it is happening right before our eyes? Making enemies of allies and friends with dictators and murderers?

That’s the kind of world Donald Trump lives and thrives in and if his world means more to you than the kind of America your children grow up in I feel sorry for you but especially so for your kids and this country.

Don Curtis

Stanwood

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