Letters to the Editor

Trump ignores biblical wisdom

Wednesday, July 03, 2024

To the Editor:

Donald Trump persists in declaring himself “an innocent man.” Yet, juries of his peers believe otherwise. In the E. Jean Carroll case. The New York civil fraud trial. And, the Stormy Daniels hush money trial.

In all three cases Donald Trump was hammered by his peers. Trials are not perfect. Yet, as we watch these trials we have our confidence restored in our judicial process. Still, Trump uses any microphone he can get his hands on to generate doubt. Will his efforts fail in the long run? We will see.

Surely! Surely all the judges, jurors, prosecutors and (yes) defense lawyers have not spent endless hours in their quest for truth only to have Donald Trump tell them they are stupid fools who are wasting their time. Now Trump is threatening to weaponize the Department of Justice (if he is re-elected) in order to exact revenge for his self-inflicted trials and tribulations. This is what he is falsely claiming Joe Biden has done to him. Even if that claim were so, why can Trump not rise above the fray for once in his lifetime? That is because Trump is morally out of touch with most of the world. Furthermore, he ignores the King James Bible which he flaunts and sells: “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place to wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”

Are those who support Trump, then, not giving tacit approval for him to ignore these long-standing words of Biblical wisdom? Do Trump supporters know what they have signed up for? Trump is not an innocent man. He is a convicted felon!

Dave Waldrop

Webster

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