Donald Trump wants to be king, not president
After listening to Donald Trump imperiously squelch Univision anchor Jorge Ramos on Aug. 25, I no longer have any doubt – this man running for president would prefer to be crowned king. His summary ejection of Mr. Ramos from a press conference for asking irreverent and disconcerting questions should cause any thinking person to have serious doubts about Donald Rex.
This appalling display of autocracy irresistibly reminded me of a scene from “Monty Python and The Holy Grail”: a mere peasant challenges Arthur, King of the Britons, to justify his authority and is repeatedly told to “Shut up!” When that doesn’t work, he is then arbitrarily “repressed.”
That. of course, was comedy; this, however, is serious.
Donald Rex doesn’t give a hoot in hell about other people’s opinions except, perhaps, when they coincide with his own. He’d wants the paeons to tug the forelock and bend the knee to his royal whims, no matter how absurd they may be. If he manages to bamboozle the American people into installing him in the White House, you can find the fastest route to a less gullible country by following me.
Dean Christensen, Fresno
This story was originally published September 6, 2015 at 6:24 AM with the headline "Donald Trump wants to be king, not president."