Putting Lives At Risk To Save Trump's Ego

6.12.20

To the editor:

Donald Trump made the outrageous claim a lifetime ago that he would lose no supporters if he were to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue.  Given all that he has gotten away with during his presidency, I can only admire his prescience in understanding the blind support he garnered.  Among the vulgarities of the present moment is Donald Trump's plan to hold a mass rally that knowingly will put peoples lives at risk.  To feed his narcissism  and fire up his base he is symbolically pointing a gun at the very people he claims to care about.  And the coup de grace is that attendees must agree not to sue should they become sick ...or if loved ones die.  In this regard, President Trump is more cult leader than President knowingly putting people in harms way and abdicating all responsibility for doing so. This is insanity. I feel sad for those who will risk their lives and angry that local officials lack the moral fortitude to do the right thing.

Sincerely

Larry S. Sandberg