To The Editor:

February is Black History month and the time when we celebrate our Presidents — notably, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. It is unlikely we will see this administration celebrating Black History as they are actively trying to whitewash or erase it from websites, libraries, schools, museums, and national parks, etc. Trump, in fact, let loose, posting a racist video of Barack and Michelle Obama, once again showing us that he has no character, he has no class, he has no idea how to act like a real president — certainly not one we want to celebrate.

This egomaniac loves to put his name on things. A $250 million renovation was completed on the Kennedy Center in 2019 — Trump adds his name and now it needs a new face lift and must be shut down? There could be another reason. Under Trump’s management it is now in debt and losing patrons and performers. Another Trump bankruptcy?

He is holding the funding for the NY-NJ tunnel hostage to try to get Penn Central Station and Dulles Airport renamed after himself. He has installed large banners of his image on government buildings and has proposed a new class of naval vessels called the ‘Trump-class’ battleships. Not sure if they will be nuclear powered or coal powered.

Trump is no George Washington, he is no Abraham Lincoln, he is no Barack Obama. He is currently trying to rob “we the taxpayers” of $10 billion because a former employee of the IRS leaked some of his tax documents. Let’s not forget that he is the only candidate in recent history who refused to release these documents voluntarily. As far as presidential rankings go, Washington will probably always be ranked number one and Trump has solidified his last place position for all time.

We are in the second month of the second year of the second term of Trump. He is still whining about losing in 2020 and is needlessly sowing doubt about the security of the upcoming elections — threatening our very democracy. Our best hope of stopping this march towards fascism is to flip control of the US House and Senate. It is also important to maintain Democratic control in our state, so we don’t have to worry about our government surrendering our rights to Trump as Republican controlled states are doing. There are 263 days till the mid-term elections — there are real consequences.

Kathy Quinn

Newtown