TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019

Common decency for human life

has all but disappeared

Both Donald Trump and Nigel Farage have colluded in denigrating life to the level

of white and black and rich and poor.

Trump began his second term campaign with a call to send non-whites, non-Christians, and anybody else
he decides is an undesirable back to from whence they came. I believe his encouragement of the crowd to
chant, “send them back” at a recent rally merely serves to incite extremists giving them a free hand to kill
and maim innocent people at will.

The blood on Trump’s hands will not wash off this time. He will not be exonerated by his party or the
passage of time. He has turned America, once a great country, into a deeply divided, bigoted quagmire of
seething hatred.

His cohort in Britain, Farage, has called his vile rhetoric “genius”. This statement was made before the
recent murders in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, of at least 29 innocent Americans. I wonder if Farage
feels the same now. Does his condoning of Trump’s views and actions seem so “genius” now?

I wonder if Trump will feel as confident in reiterating the same rhetoric we’re used to at his next rally? Is he
about to apologise to the sensible, caring Americans for his inflammatory mandate which only serves to
divide the country and to give extremists licence to kill and maim at will?

The American people are being let down by a president who is incapable of having clear constructive
thoughts. They’re also being failed by an administration that wants to fight and bully every country and
organisation that disagrees with Trump’s plans.

To label Trump as, “the leader of the free world” is just nonsense. Neither he, nor America, could lead a
thirsty man to water, let alone the globe. Just look at what a mess he is making trying to bring China to heel.
Or pulling out of various climate agreements and Afghanistan. Utter short-sighted lunacy. The people that
suffer the most are those he is trying to remove from America.

But, unfortunately, we have become used to his unscripted speeches and actions. It seems Trump and
Farage are cast from the same mould and both should be ostracised by their respective countries. They have
no place in the governance of countries or people’s futures.

Keith Poole Basingstoke

Why can’t those affected by mass shootings sue the manufacturer and suppliers of the weapons?

Paul Sheldon Baildon, Yorkshire

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