Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Security threat

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As someone formerly enlisted in the Navy and an officer, I am concerned with the threat to national security posed by President Donald Trump. His attacks on our intelligen­ce agencies and cozy relationsh­ip with Vladimir Putin are un-American.

Recently, Mr. Trump dismissed the input of his intelligen­ce chiefs about the threats posed by Russia, China, North Korea, Iran and the Islamic State. Mr. Trump continues to question the assessment of our intelligen­ce agencies that Russia meddled in the 2016 election. Mr. Trump is in an ongoing trade war with China that is adversely impacting the global and U.S. economies. He erroneousl­y believes North Korea is not a nuclear threat to the U.S., and he is pulling our military out of Syria, which will allow ISIS to reconstitu­te itself and allow Turkey to attack our allies, the Kurds.

According to former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Mr. Trump doesn’t like to read. According to former Chief of Staff John Kelly, Mr. Trump engages in impulsive decision making. According to White House sources, it is difficult for Mr. Trump to comprehend and process complex informatio­n, such as intelligen­ce reports and military scenarios. He does not concentrat­e on important matters. He is a threat to our national security and should be voted out of office. DONALD MOSKOWITZ

Londonderr­y, N.H.

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