Donald Trump has no intention to govern a democracy. Instead he intends to issue executive orders and cause chronic government chaos.

Delusions of grandeur- Opinion letters published in the Houston Chronicle:

Regarding "Trump, the 'America First' candidate, has a new preoccupation: Imperialism," (Jan. 9): What is happening? Is our soon-to-be POTUS so intoxicated with his own grandeur that he is out to conquer the world? Does he believe, as the monarchies of old did, that the number of territories a country rules is a sign of power?

From:  Pansy Gee in Sugar Land, Texas

Regarding "Trump refuses to rule out use of military force to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal," (Jan. 7): As someone who did not and could not ever vote for Donald Trump, I have long marveled at the willingness of the American public to disregard what he says and to assume he really means something else. That sort of naivete might be partially liberals' fault: Democrats, at least since the Obama era, seem to have never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Their response was to ridicule Donald Trump, not recognizing that his supporters (a growing number) believed the Democrats were ridiculing them as well.

Trump’s advantage was that he could point to what he said and say he told you what he was going to do, and you didn’t object to it. In fact, you voted for him, perhaps because of it.

Now he's talking about taking control of the Panama Canal and annexing Greenland, which he says are vital to American interests, without ruling out using military force to do it. Add to that the dissolution of many checks and balances that were built into the Constitution, as well as his admiration of and fascination with the world’s dictators. Don’t be surprised at some of the things he comes up with during his administration, including his desire to be president-for-life, like China’s Xi Jinping. I believe we’re going to be on a wild ride of a roller coaster for at least the next four years.

I fervently hope I’m proven wrong. After his first election I had hoped that “the office would make the man,” but now that hope is slim to none. As an independent, I don’t see what Democrats — or anyone — can do to change the new status quo.  By the way, roller coasters make me nauseous.

From Len Kaplan in Houston Texas

As you reported, Trump refuses to rule out military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland and secure both territories, which he says are vital to American national security. Those were the kind of words Adolf Hitler used as he began what ended up as World War II. The territory was never quite enough, nor was his distaste for certain minorities, much like Trump displays toward many Hispanics. As my father remarked about Hitler when I was a child, "That man is crazy." I say the same about Donald Trump.

From Eritha Yardley in Houston Texas