Trump acts like king Americans rejected long ago

Dear Editor:

The leaked phone call of U.S. President Donald Trump pleading with Georgia’s Secretary of State is remarkable to listen to.

It starts off listing more unproven allegation of voter fraud, and not getting the kind of responses he hoped for.

Trump said to Georgia’s Secretary of State, “look guys, I just want to find 11,780 votes, one more than we need, because everyone knows I won Georgia by hundred of thousands of votes.”

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger responded “those facts are wrong Mr. President. Sir, we’ve re-counted three times and investigated Mr. Giuliani’s video evidence and found it to be cut so many times that when we examined the original TV footage, what he says happened is not what actually happened” Adding, “sir we’ve investigated thoroughly and found no irregularities.”

When pushback came from one of the lawyers about Trump’s reliance on social media for evidence, Trump remarkably responded that “he doesn’t rely on social media — he relies on “Trump media” — and knows his allegations at true, because “big people call and tell me I’ve won.”

Listening to the conversation was fine examples of the art of bamboozle and blatant use of high office to intimidate subordinates.

If Trump’s actions don’t produce some sort of legal consequence, then there is no difference between the office of the president and the king’s-rule Americans rebelled against some 233 years ago.

Trump pushes legal limits because he’s worried about the outstanding legal consequences that will follow him out of office. But Trump’s narcissism does allow him to see how his petulance over losing will further hinder him, not help him.

Jon Peter Christoff,

West Kelowna