A few of our stories and columns are now in front of the paywall. We at The Chief remain committed to independent reporting on labor and civil service. It's been our mission since 1897. You can have a hand in ensuring that our reporting remains relevant in the decades to come. Consider supporting The Chief, which you can do for as little as $3.20 a month.
To the editor:
Venezuela’s “Iron Lady,” María Corina Machado, in hiding from the authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro Moros, won the Nobel Peace Prize for her heroic efforts to advance democracy in the country. President Donald Trump, whose every effort and action is to destroy democracy in the United States, says he deserved the prize for, he claims, ending seven wars and disputes in nations and bringing peace to those nations. No serious student of history or current events believes Trump has really solved anything.
Trump’s demand for the peace prize would be hysterically funny if he wasn’t the most powerful leader in the world, and without hyperbole is a racist, a misogynist and a xenophobe, as well as a man who desperately wants to hide the identity of the villains who collaborated with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in their participation and promotion of pedophelia and sexual abuse of women.
I can see a comparison between Trump’s presidency and Woody Allen’s portrayal of Fielding Mellish who became the King of San Marcos in the movie, “Bananas.” I can also see a comparison between Trump’s presidency and Groucho Marx’s portrayal of Rufus T. Firefly, the dictator of Freedonia, in the movie, "Duck Soup.”
Trump is a pathetic, narcissistic would-be dictator, and history will have a hard time explaining how such an insecure charlatan rose to become the most powerful leader on earth.
Michael J. Gorman
Comments
No comments on this item Please log in to comment by clicking here