Alan Zendell, July 13, 2024

After his disastrous debate performance, the Times Editorial Board praised President Biden’s record, but urged him to drop out of the race for re-election and pass the baton to a younger generation. The Board said, “Mr. Biden has been an admirable president. Under his leadership, the nation has prospered and begun to address a range of long-term challenges, and the wounds ripped open by Mr. Trump have begun to heal. But the greatest public service Mr. Biden can now perform is to announce that he will not continue to run for re-election.”

The Times editorial said that despite his outstanding accomplishments in the last three-and-a-half years, the only compelling reason to believe that Biden is the best candidate to defeat Trump is that he beat him in 2020, but that Biden is not the man he was in 2020. They noted that Biden has correctly identified that what is at stake in November is nothing less than the survival of our Constitution and our democracy. They supported that goal, but concluded that the public perception of the president’s frailty after the debate made it likely that Biden would lose this time.

Yesterday, the Times dropped the other shoe. If Biden is no longer the man he was in 2020, Trump hasn’t changed except to feel emboldened and entitled to wreak havoc on anyone he perceives as an enemy – which equates to anyone who doesn’t take a knee and praise him. The Times made it clear that asking Biden to step aside was in no way an endorsement of Donald Trump. Rather it was an attempt to increase the chances that Trump would be defeated.

At the opening of yesterday’s Op-Ed, the Board spoke in simple direct terms:

HE IS DANGEROUS
IN WORD, DEED AND ACTION

HE PUTS SELF OVER
COUNTRY

HE LOATHES THE LAWS
WE LIVE BY

DONALD TRUMP IS UNFIT TO SERVE

The Times supported its opinion so perfectly, I’ll just repeat what they said, here. “Mr. Trump has shown a character unworthy of the responsibilities of the presidency. He has demonstrated an utter lack of respect for the Constitution, the rule of law and the American people. Instead of a cogent vision for the country’s future, Mr. Trump is animated by a thirst for political power: to use the levers of government to advance his interests, satisfy his impulses and exact retribution against those who he thinks have wronged him.”

Ther is no doubt that Donald Trump is unfit to lead, and I’ll go further.

Donald Trump is not fit to run a business that impacts the lives of other people. His company has already been convicted of decades of fraudulent practices, and his history shows that he will always maximize his own profit at the expense of everyone else, even if it leaves them in financial ruin. I refer you to Atlantic City, New Jersey and the people who enrolled in Trump University.

He is not fit to be around women unless they are armed or accompanied by a bodyguard because of his documented record of sexual assault and his complete disregard for women’s health.

He is not fit to be a husband unless you believe sleeping with a porn star while his wife is home caring for a newborn child is acceptable or you believe his remarks on the infamous Access Hollywood tape about openly molesting women qualifies him.

He is not fit to lead the United States or any other nation because he is a severely mentally ill sociopath with no moral compass and no regard for either the people or the oath he takes to defend the Constitution. Oaths and promises mean nothing to Trump unless they suit his convenience.

The only thing Donald Trump is fit for is a prison cell.