Trump a gift to Democrats

Over the past year, the American people have relearned how horrible it is when Republicans control the executive and legislative branches of government. The sweeping victories by Democrats in last week’s elections around the country demonstrate that the American people have relearned that lesson well.

As someone who has followed Donald Trump’s career for several decades, I am well aware of his character flaws, and so I repeated over and over during the presidential campaign that Trump would be the gift to Democrats who keeps on giving. I was sure that Americans would never elect someone like Trump, who is so obviously unqualified, so disgusting, so horrible in almost every way. I was confident that Trump could not possibly win. When he did, I wondered how I could have been so wrong, wrong, wrong.

Or was I? If Hillary Clinton had become president, she would have had to deal with a Republican-controlled Congress. As they did with Barack Obama, the Republicans would have made it their mission to obstruct her at every opportunity. The country would have faced another four or eight years of gridlock.

But instead, with Trump’s election and the American government totally controlled by Republicans, election of Democrats is now inevitable. Since Trump is incapable of changing his spots, Americans will be even more unhappy with him as time goes on.

Democrats will win by landslides in the 2018 and 2020 elections. It turns out, I was right all along. Trump really is the gift to Democrats who keeps on giving. Michael D. Winne, Henderson