I understand former President Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal. An iron-forearmed roofer I used to bowl with, back when you had to swing a hammer to be a roofer, once told me, “I’d take a benevolent king over a president any day.”
That's an attractive ideal. Me too. But folks who may consider Trump “benevolent” misunderstand the fickle nature of authoritarians. They have miscalculated if they believe his whims will never fall on them.
I only need two reasons to let him go: He publicly cheated on each wife with the next wife. Then there are the dalliances like adult film actress Stormy Daniels. This is only the stuff we know about. He’s got the moral character of Jeffrey Epstein.
And he’s filed six bankruptcies. Six times he has privatized the profit and socialized his debt. He’s got the business acumen of Enron's Jeffrey Skilling.
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He is not conservative. He is not Republican.
Remember: Once you've elected him, he cannot ever run again. He no longer needs you, and you too are at the mercy of a mercurial old man.
Chase Bank CEO Jamie Dimon recently said Trump was “kind of right" about some key issues. His supporters liked his policies. But what Trump did right, any Republican would do. What Trump did wrong, nobody of any party would do. Think hard what is in your best interest.
Tim Haering, Shorewood Hills