To the Editor:

Every now and then a story hits the news that tells us exactly who Donald Trump is. On Sunday, there was a perfect example of the Donald Trump I heard so much about when I did contract work back east in the ‘80’s. Back when he called himself a Democrat. Back when he was pro-choice. Before he needed right wing votes.

Trump is famous for stiffing workers. Puts them through the ringer, using the courts to make it more expensive to be paid than to just walk away. And don’t even get me started on his reputation with women. A complete dawg. Before Mark Burnett plucked him back from multiple bankruptcies and invented The Apprentice character you may believe is real today.

Trump militarized the National Guard and Army to take over cities that he doesn’t want voting in the mid-terms. If he truly was interested in crime, he’d go for the Southern red states with staggeringly higher crime rates than we have. But then, those cities vote for him. Even Ray Charles can see it.
Here’s the story that caught my attention. Trump’s been calling up the national guard for 29 day stretches. Then he waits a few days and calls them up for another 29 days. That means he gets to pay them less. 30 days would mean full pay. At 29 days, they only qualify for reduced benefits while the impact on their lives isn’t reduced one bit. On their wives and children. On their employers. It isn’t even Trump’s money. It’s about giving someone less. A little turn of the knife. Because he can. What are they going to do about it, anyway?

I know it may be very hard for some to hear. He cheats his employees. He cheats on his wives. He cheats at golf. I’ve been watching him for some 45 years. I’m sorry to tell you, there isn’t anyone or anything he won’t cheat. Leopards don’t change their spots.

He is a genius con man. Got to give him that.

Pat Collins,
Fillmore, CA