Opponents shouldn't just 'get over it'

Every week, we seem to be chastised by one of our local citizens to "get over it" or "wake up and smell the coffee" with regard to the current occupant of the White House. The latest example is the letter from Vera Gojewycz of Hoffman Estates published on May 15.

Contrary to her sentiments, the whole country knows and is having to deal with the fact that Trump is our president. We have to cringe and wince every day as he continues to display all the lack of knowledge, bullying behavior, and blatant disregard for honesty, civility, and propriety that was on full display during the campaign. Yet somehow, though not through a plurality of votes, we find ourselves with this man as the leader of our country and the free world.

There is a reason that no major newspaper in the entire country, including the Daily Herald, endorsed Trump. A huge proportion of those papers are very conservative and had never in their entire history endorsed a Democrat. This includes our own Chicago Tribune who only broke with this tradition to endorse Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. This year they endorsed Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.

Every reasonable person in this country who is not completely blinded by their own confirmation bias knows Donald Trump is a narcissistic, megalomaniacal, perfidious, venal little man. His brazen disregard for the truth amazes even the most hardened political observers.

If you voted for Trump hoping for the best or because you just couldn't stand Hillary Clinton, fine. But please don't tell us to ignore the continual barrage of reports about his presidential failings. This is not "fake" news. See if you can deal with what is going on today, what this president is doing to our country and our world without bringing up Bill Clinton.

Do I need to remind you to "get over it"? He hasn't been in office in over 16 years! Trump is a national and international disgrace and we are all suffering because of him.

Donald L. Hangey

Arlington Heights