Trump’s election tells us a lot
To the Editor:
The 2024 presidential election revealed one thing in crystal-clear, proof-positive, light-years beyond any reasonable doubt comprehensibility, that the ability and capacity of the average American voter to simply (but so importantly) distinguish between fact and fiction, the ability to grasp (and choose confidently) between truth and falsehood, the aptitude necessary to seek out and determine right from wrong, to diligently and with purpose contrast good and evil, and lastly, the ability and the practiced competence to differentiate and choose the honorable from the dishonorable — no longer exists.
There is a reason why the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Retired General Mark Milley) called Trump “the most dangerous person in the country.” There is a reason why 741 former generals, admirals, senior NCOs and national security experts from all parts of the political spectrum signed a letter warning America and American allies of the risks to our own national security and the peril a second Trump presidency would likely unleash on other democracies world-wide. Never in our history (certainly not in my lifetime and I go back as far as FDR and WWII) have so many men and women crossed these lines to warn the world of fierce storm clouds on the horizon.
To turn a deaf ear that our allies (and democracies around the globe) are not presently severely endangered, and to not continue to shout from the rooftops this warning, would be a colossal transgression on our part.
David L. Snell
Franklin
