LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Questions and answers about Donald Trump

Q. What kind of person openly mocks and makes fun of a disabled man, and whose only sense of humor apparently consists in insulting or demeaning other people, both the powerful and the weak? A. A truly despicable human being. Q. What kind of person would describe immigrants of one of this country’s exemplary minorities — Mexican-Americans — as “murderers and rapists”? A. A truly despicable human being. Q. What kind of person accuses a judge of being unfair and biased because of his ethnic heritage? A. A truly despicable human being. Q. What kind of person, in addition to disparaging a Gold Star mother, compares his “sacrifice” in running his business interests to her losing her son? A. A truly despicable human being. Q. What kind of person goes on a public campaign, rejecting or ignoring all evidence which contradicts his position, but continuing to assert that the president of the United States was not born in the U.S. — and never apologizes when he is clearly proven wrong? A. A pathological liar — and a truly despicable human being. Q. What kind of person makes up and publicly tells a totally false story about thousands of Muslims in New Jersey cheering when the towers fell on 9/11? A. A DANGEROUS pathological liar and a truly despicable human being. Q. What kind of person makes up and tells a totally false story about people in the “Black Lives Matter” movement asking for a moment of silence for the man who murdered the five policemen in Dallas? A. A DANGEROUS pathological liar and a truly despicable human being. Q. What kind of person falsely claims to have met Vladimir Putin? A. A pathological liar or someone who is totally delusional. Q. What kind of person falsely claims to have published the “best-selling book of all time”? A. A pathological liar or someone who is totally delusional. Q. What kind of person falsely claims to have seen a video showing cash being taken off a plane to “ransom” hostages in Iran? A. A pathological liar or someone who is totally delusional. Q. What kind of person, falling behind in the polls, starts making wild accusations about the election being “rigged”? A. A dangerously narcissistic pathological liar. Q. What kind of person runs for the office that will make him commander-in-chief but doesn’t know what the nuclear triad is? A. A very dangerous ignoramus. Q. What kind of person says that “he alone” can solve our national problems and “make America great again”? A. Either a dangerously narcissistic megalomaniac or a person who is totally delusional. Q. What kind of person would cast a vote for Donald J. Trump for president? A. Someone who is either out of touch with reality, woefully ignorant of history and current events, more committed to their political party than their country (yet still see themselves as patriots!) or a person whose favorite recreational activity is Russian roulette.

Daniel Pritchett Dover