Readers React: Governing would be a serious wake-up call for President Trump

To the editor: As with every fairy tale, the article ends with the inevitable fact that presidential popularity and power will fade with time once Donald Trump — in this scenario newly elected as president — is faced with reality: that he is not the anointed king or dictator and that the America he wants to make great again is a great democracy. (“What a Donald Trump presidency might actually look like,” Feb. 28)

Though he may want to believe that America is suffering and is in dire need of his unvarnished leadership, this country is not one of his corporations that he can ride roughshod over.

And sadly, if the American public and electoral college grant Trump his wish, then columnist George Skelton was correct in his Dec. 10 article when he stated, “Too many Americans are susceptible to stupidity, shamelessness and scapegoating.”

Al Chin, Lake Forest

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To the editor: This article could have specifically answered its own question in two words: It won’t.

Instead of a real estate mogul, Trump is really a contemporary robber baron, in the fashion of Gordon Gekko, who apparently relishes quoting Mussolini. He’s a shallow, opportunistic showman, lacking a clear understanding of the serious issues confronting the country.

Perhaps like Mussolini he can get the trains running on time, and if he does he should take one out of town. The American public is angry. Let’s hope that anger isn’t driven by the stupidity of voting for Trump.

Stephan Desales, Rancho Mission Viejo

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