Readers React: The election is 14 months away. Why do we care what Donald Trump says?
Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump waits to speak at a Tea Party protest against the Iran Nuclear deal in Washington on Sept. 9.
To the editor: Let’s face it: The endless coverage of the so-called presidential race, including Donald Trump’s candidacy, is fueled by a tabloid media culture. Print media are simply piggy-backing on the corporate-sponsored circus train led by cable news and the evening news broadcasts. (“What’s behind Republican voters’ support of Trump? Anger at Republicans,” Sept. 9)
This carnival atmosphere is taking place 14 months from the election, fully one year more than the Canadians need to elect their leader. All this nonsense has nothing to do with real issues; it is all about squeezing as much advertising money as humanly possible out of our national election.
Americans should be ashamed of the level to which our former democracy has sunk.
Joe Bonino, Glendale
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To the editor: The Trump remark about Carly Fiorina’s face shows that he has no limits when it comes to being crude and offensive. He is what the British might call “rather bad-mannered.”
Trump’s stupid and below-the-belt comments, from John McCain onward, show that he never grew out of being that affluent spoiled child who was sent to military school.
Clinically speaking, Trump is an egomaniacal narcissist fueled by his wealth, and a dilettante to boot. He’s big on generalities and short on details. And when he does provide them, they’re off the wall.
Trump’s popularity should give us all pause.
Phil Serpico, New York
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To the editor: Trump’s signature stump speech includes an attack on someone, usually by name. A political rival, a journalist, a critic — Trump always slams one or more.
Yet he has shown little imagination in his choice of insults. Among those who practice this professionally, Trump is an amateur. Don Rickles is the grand master of the insult; Trump should study his shtick.
My boot-camp drill instructor was also a master insulter. Can’t follow a simple instruction? You’re “Einstein.” Confuse right with left? You’re “Navigator.” Is your uniform a trifle out of sorts? Hello there, “Armani.”
Trump as a habitual insulter? Let’s call him “Sweetie.”
Marvin J. Wolf, Mar Vista Heights
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