Donald Trump should read the history about what other American and tested world leaders have done to rise above challenges

Austin Daily Herald in Minnesota

Echo opinion letter:

Leaders are defined by how they handle problems/crisis and the actions they take. Examples of leaders would be Winston Churchill (World War II), President John F. Kennedy (Cuban missile crisis), President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Great Depression), President Ronald Reagan (Berlin Wall), Lech Walesa ( Poland overthrow of the United Soviet Socialist Republican) etc. etc. (Maine Writer- perhaps include Nelson Mandela in this group.)

Today, America is in the middle of possibly the gravest event (pandemic coronavirus) in the past 75 years. We have all or soon will be personally affected by this crisis. The situation is serious, dangerous, life altering and very personal. The situation calls out for and demands strong, focused leadership. 

Yet, Trump’s (failed) leadership during this crisis has been lacking and subsequently dangerous for the citizenry of our country. 

Failure to anticipate, failure to react, failure to lead (no national strategy), failure to tell the truth and failure to provide empathy. 

If Trump were leading an American corporation, the board of directors would have already “shown him the door.” We, the American people, are the board of directors for our country. Let us be sure we do our job! (#Trumpmustresign!) From Robert A Stratton Austin, Minnesota