Opinion : Letter to the Editor: Inspirational Leadership

Dear Editor,

Just can’t help but feel proud about how our kids still want to grow up to be president.  A few quotes below.

Four weeks before the 2016 presidential election:  "I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything."

In November 2018, Trump declined to visit a US military cemetery outside Paris due to rain saying he didn’t want to visit the cemetery because it was “filled with losers”

Jan 6, 2021, after Trump watched the capital riots on TV for 2 1/2 hours: “Go home. We love you. You’re very special.”

Call with Georgia Sec of State on Jan 2, 2020: “All I want to do is this: I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have... Fellas, I need 11,000 votes, give me a break."

2024 Debate point about Haitian immigrants in Ohio: “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs! The people that came in, they’re eating the cats!”

Pardons to capital rioters: While considering where to draw the line, Trump is reported to have declared “F**k it!  Release ‘em all.”

Speech to Congress in 2025 with Elon Musk in attendance: “The days of unelected bureaucrats are over.”

Paul Smalley