A big mouth will be Trump’s undoing

Re Trump to campaign manager: You’re fired,

June 21 His campaign manager “doesn’t know” why Donald Trump fired him on Monday? It was damage control, but not just because of his “poor relationship with the Republican National Committee and GOP officials.” He was also a scapegoat for Trump’s big mouth.

Last week, Trump suggested those killed in the Orlando massacre would have been better off armed, to shoot the terrorist “right smack between the eyes.” He also backed one of four gun-control measures to be voted on in the Senate; he wanted to bar those on the terrorist watchlist from buying a gun in the U.S. Trump got heat from the NRA on both counts. On Monday he tried to appease NRA concerns about bar patrons being armed while drinking, “I was obviously talking about additional guards or employees.” Yeah, right.

That same day, the U.S. Senate voted down the gun-control proposals, including the one Trump backed, thanks to NRA pressure on weak-kneed Republican senators. There would not even have been a vote but for a 15-hour filibuster by Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, where the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre occurred.

There may be a blessing in disguise for Corey Lewandowski: He can’t be blamed if Trump loses the election to Hillary Clinton. And Trump will lose, because he is like Jackie Gleason’s Ralph Kramden, “I have a BIG mouth.” Alan Pellettier, Scarborough