20 July, 2017
Rep. Dana
Rohrabacher,
101 Main
Street #380
Huntington
Beach, CA 92648
Dear
Congressman,
Re: The
NYT Trump interview
I wonder
if you read the excerpts of the interview with Trump (sorry, I still refuse to
think of him, let alone refer to him as president)? Any honest assessment of
that interview would surely conclude that the man is severely limited
intellectually, if not actually demented. He whines, he waffles, he blames, he lies, he
oversimplifies, he indulges in needless self-aggrandizement… The interview is
mostly painful to read, but I especially enjoyed the part where he waxed on
about the French president liking so much to hold his hand. The little boy
finally emerged, innocent and undisguised.
One line
caught my attention. At one point, when he is talking about his meeting with US
Senators about the health care bill, he declares: “Believe me, do I know bad
people.” And on this point, yes, I do actually believe him. I believe that he
is where he is, a purported billionaire, precisely because he knows bad people.
I believe, despite his frequent denials, that he has had dealings with bad
people. He may have no buildings in Russia, as he once again claims in this
interview, but he has surely enabled the money-laundering needed by Russian
oligarchs to protect their assets. He has surely profited obscenely from
abetting these “bad people.” Remember, Junior boasting about how all that money was flooding in from Russia? Oh, yes, I do believe he knows them.
I see no
other explanation, quite frankly, for his adamant refusal (again, in this
interview) to reveal information about his personal finances; he makes it clear
that he would seriously consider firing special counsel Mueller if he crossed
what Trump calls this “red line.” And yet… this is what it’s all about, isn’t
it? In what ways is he obligated to the Russians, that they worked so hard to
assure his election?
I hope we
find out, don’t you? Is that not the patriotic course, to defend our country
against the aggression of hostile nations? Or perhaps, given your documented
friendship with our adversary, you have a different view?
Respectfully,
Peter
Clothier, Ph.D.
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