Letter: Trump, a CEO, treats the US as if it’s one of his companies

America is not a business -- it is a democracy.

Trump, a CEO, thinks US
is one of his companies

The United States now has the CEO of a privately held business as president. Trump treats the government as his own company, preferring to act by fiat, governing by executive order, relying on acting cabinet heads whom he can dismiss at will, refusing to respond to subpoenas, advertising his businesses to our allies, etc.

America is not a business. It is a democracy. Our leader should have knowledge of the structure and workings of this democracy with its system of checks and balances. Instead, we have a man with little knowledge and no values, as his attempt at extortion in Ukraine demonstrates.

Does this action rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors? Perhaps, perhaps not. Trump’s actions are profoundly wrong. He has no moral compass. I hope the Congress will show that it does, and that the Senate, once respected as a great deliberative body, finds its lost luster.

Lorraine D’Ambruoso
San Jose

 

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