Trump needs to go

Donald Trump has proven what most Clinton supporters knew: his leadership abilities are limited to bullying, lying and assigning blame to others.

In the latter category, the first finger pointed after the failure of his Obamacare repeal was at the Democrats who refused to provide a single vote for his legislation. Surprise! But, what he apparently overlooked was Republican control of the House at 237-193, a 44-vote majority. So, clearly, it’s the Democrats fault.

And, in the fashion of a schoolyard bully, on the last day of the process, Trump said the House must vote and pass the bill or he was done with health care. So much for the great negotiator.

America should be more alarmed by the process than the failure. Trump proved to be feckless and feeble when it came to producing a deal. While many of us knew that Trump was all talk and little effective action, it took the spotlight of this process to expose the “emperor” to the rest of America.

So where do we go from here. Clearly, we have a president who is no more than an empty suit and a long tie. He has insulted or offended many of our key allies. He has established half his family in key White House positions and, based on an FBI probe, may have colluded with Vladimir Putin to propagandize the presidential election.

America has lots of problems. But paramount among them is our current president. He needs to go.

Bob Wynhausen

Sandpoint