Monterey Herald

Does Trump want to lose?

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Trump ran in 2016 as the outsider who would “drain the swamp” but with his commutatio­n of Roger Stone, I am left wondering if Trump actually wants to lose in November.

Trump should have waited until after the election before commuting Stone. But now Trump has given his enemies and many in his own party the ammunition they need to discredit him even more.

A person can be a dedicated outsider without being stupid.

Does Trump actually understand what’s at stake here if the Democratic Party gains the White House in November? Trump may be an impetuous ego-maniac that likes to talk about himself all the time, but he doesn’t want to destroy our country like the Dems do. I say this as a former old-school liberal Dem. I didn’t leave the Democratic Party, it left me!

— Jeff Middlebroo­k, Pacific Grove

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