Linda Terwilliger: Difficult to imagine a worse candidate for president than Donald Trump

To The Daily Sun,

It’s difficult to imagine a worse candidate for president than Donald Trump, a twice-impeached felon who is facing serious criminal charges for election interference and attempting to unlawfully overturn federal and state election results. If elected, he says he will be a dictator on Day 1 and plans to replace thousands of federal employees with his own hand-picked loyalists.

He is a dangerous threat to our democracy and country.

During his chaotic term in the White House, Trump repeatedly abused his presidential powers for personal gain and to hurt his critics. His reckless decisions had some really bad outcomes. Trump’s tariffs cost Americans billions of dollars. His tax plan added $2 trillion to the national debt. He instigated the longest government shutdown ever.

His executive order to separate migrant children from their parents was cruel and ineffective. His public admiration for ruthless despots like Vladimir Putin emboldened human rights abusers throughout the world. His withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal destabilized the Middle East. His verbal attacks on China ratcheted up military tensions with a nuclear superpower.

His sympathetic comments toward the Proud Boys, a neo-fascist hate group, influenced the expansion of violent right-wing extremist groups.

Hundreds of Republican officials, including many who served with him in the White House, have publicly raised alarms about Trump’s fitness for office. He repeatedly lies about our elections. He attempted to overthrow the 2020 election results and incited the attack on the Capitol. He has nothing but contempt for our Constitution and the rule of law.

Bill Barr, his former attorney general, said, “He will always put his own interests and gratifying his own ego ahead of everything else, including the country’s interest.”

For Trump, loyalty is a one-way street. Readers can’t trust him. He is toxic for the Republican party and our country.

Linda Terwilliger

Gilford