Dear President Trump,
I’ll be honest. From the very minute you began your campaign I believed you were the worst possible candidate the United States could possibly have. To be quite frank I still believe that.
However, I like to think of myself as an idealist and as someone who lives in reality. You are now the president, and that is the reality in which I live. Still, though, the next four years sprawling out in front of us have me feeling pretty down.
I doubt you will hold yourself with the dignity and grace exemplified by Barack Obama or any of our previous presidents. I worry that you will continue insulting, mocking and otherwise acting like a whiny child when things don’t go the way you’d like them to.
Please, Trump, prove me wrong.
For the safety of our country and world, I am fearful you do not possess even a shred of diplomacy in your body. I feel certain you will allow your ego to get in the way of things, like cogent decision-making, rationality and the best interests of the American people, that matter more than your narcissism.
Prove me wrong.
I worry that this there’s much, much more to your obsession with Vladimir Putin. I fear there’s much more to the story than meets the eye, and we’ll soon reap the consequences of it. I worry you might not be making some of your decisions in our best interest because of your business ties with Russia.
Prove me wrong.
I think you have no true beliefs and no guiding moral principles. I think that you do whatever’s best for Trump and will continue to do whatever’s best for Trump, even as a civic servant. I may not adore George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan or other past Republican presidents, but I do believe they had principles and beliefs. I don’t know what yours are and often question whether you even have them, and that terrifies me.
Prove me wrong.
I am concerned you, like most other Republicans, will continue to deny our climate is changing for the worse because of our actions. I worry you and the GOP will continue to act as if protecting the environment isn’t just as important as safeguarding the free market. I worry the GOP will continue to do this into the future, even as New York City, home of your beloved Trump Tower, begins to fall prey to rising sea levels.
Prove me wrong.
Most of all, I fear you will not grow during your time as president and not pause to consider perspectives and experiences other than your own. I fear you will persist in your arrogance and your belief that, as you’ve said before, you “alone can fix it.” I fear your messianic self-inflation will continue to the detriment of the American people.
For the sake of our country, prove me wrong, Trump.
acgroove@umail.iu.edu
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