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On the way to a Trump dictatorship

On the way to a Trump dictatorship

To the Editor:

This is in response to Nan Smith’s “Liberals have lost touch with reality” in the March 7 edition. On Feb. 2, I read an online article from www.psychologytoday.com entitled “7 Steps to Becoming a Dictator” by Mark van Vugt, Ph.D. Trump has accomplished four of the seven steps. Does this make you happy, Ms. Smith? Perhaps it is YOU and other Trump loyalists who are out of touch with reality. 

I fear we are way down the path to a Trump dictatorship. The signs are staring us in the face. It’s almost too late to do anything about it, so if we’re going to stop a Trump dictatorship, we need to do it NOW.

Janice Workman

Bryson City

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