Donald Trump - a bully in the White House: Letter to the editor

Echo - published in Newsday~ Long Island, New York

Andrew McCabe, formerly deputy director with the FBI, was an unlikely lightening rod for Donald Trump bullying

Dear Editor, 

As a parent, grandparent and educator, I’m extremely concerned about the rhetoric coming out of the White House, especially from the president.

We work hard, on all grade levels, to eradicate bullying, cyber-bullying and lying.

President Donald Trump recently called FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s wife a loser [“FBI Deputy Director McCabe retiring,” News, Jan. 30].

Report: Trump called Andrew McCabe’s wife a “loser” in a bizarre call  The deputy FBI director is stepping down*.

If the president can get away with it, why can’t the teen next door? If the president can bully people via Twitter, why can’t the high school student down the block do the same? Media throughout the nation have reported the various lies uttered by the president and his staff.

It used to be that the president of the United States was a unifier and an example of appropriate decorum.

I fear the change in our children if the president continues to act counter to the what we are trying to teach.

David J. Sills, Oceanside, NY

*Vox.com reported: "Trump demanded to know why James Comey was allowed to fly on an FBI plane after he had been fired, these people said. McCabe told the president he hadn’t been asked to authorize Comey’s flight, but if anyone had asked, he would have approved it, three people familiar with the call recounted to NBC News". ~ John Kirby