Letter to the President

Dear Trump,

My father taught us to love America.  He was a life-long staunch Democrat, and although only three of his four children follow him politically, he taught us to be patriotic.  I cannot see a flag or a parade without thinking of my father and getting tears in my eyes.  My father went to Germany after WWII as a judge at the War Crimes Trial.  He saw first-hand what one evil person can do to a nation.  One man with too much power and too much ego is not a mix for Democracy.  Nothing I say will ever change you, but WHY do you make such divisive statements?  WHY do you spread hate and distrust?  WHY do you think YOUR IDEAS are the only ones that matter?  WHY do you attack and retaliate against anyone who speaks out against you or has an opinion that differs from your own?  What happened in your childhood to make you so arrogant and mean to anyone that doesn’t agree with you?  The statements you make are often hurtful and often just NOT TRUE.  I’m thinking of the recent plane crash when you IMMEDIATELY blamed DEI as the cause of the crash.  I heard a very intelligent investigator in the aviation industry who said right after the horrific crash, “WE do NOT YET know what caused the crash!”  And, yet YOU blamed DEI.  Can you even begin to imagine the hurt you have caused the pilots in the helicopter crash?  Especially the woman pilot’s family?!?!?!?  Dear Trump, I don’t understand WHY you won’t tone down your rhetoric, your anger, your ego, your know-it-all attitude, your desire to punish anyone who doesn’t go along with you.  I will be forever proud to tell my grandchildren and great grandchildren that I did not vote for you, although politically I lean to your party.  But NOT TO YOU!