On endless scandals

I can’t seem to finish a letter to Voices before a fresh presidential scandal hits the fan, so keeping up with the “stable genius” in the White House for the last two weeks has been like playing Whack-A-Mole at the arcade. Here are a few opening lines.

On whistle-blowers: Yes, Virginia, Trump henchman Stephen Miller is right. There really is a “deep state.” It is comprised of elected officials and civil servants who take seriously their oath “to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic.”

On impeachment: It’s long past time to remove the reckless troll in the White House from office before he further endangers America’s strategic interests, constitutional order and social fabric. Congressmen/ women, the country you save may be your own.

On corruption: Russia-linked associates of Rudy Giuliani have been arrested for violating federal campaign finance laws. Who could guess that funneling foreign cash to Trump’s campaign and bribing someone to get our ambassador to Ukraine removed are crimes? And Trump wants Ukraine to investigate Biden for corruption?

On Syria, Turks and Kurds: Trump’s propensity for throwing allies under the bus for personal gain now infects America’s foreign policy. Latest example—abandoning the Kurds, who have been fighting ISIS in Syria alongside our troops, to the tender mercies of the Turks. Apart from the moral obligation (but don’t hold your breath for any such sensibility from this administration) who will ever trust us again?

On Trump Derangement Syndrome: I think it’s right that Trump should have a psychological disorder named after him, but the label best describes his own state of mind— not that of those who rightly fault him for his dangerously abnormal behavior.

We seem to be living in Gotham City, with the Joker in charge, and Batman nowhere in sight …

ALEX MIRONOFF

Fayetteville