OPINION:
I greet the appointment of Breitbart News’ Stephen K. Bannon to head the Trump presidential campaign as a positive development (“Stephen Bannon poised to do battle for Donald Trump,” web, Aug. 17. Mr. Bannon has made his name as a radical, extremist bully, one who slashes and burns in an effort to drive home his distasteful ideology. Mr. Bannon’s mark on the Trump campaign will be immediately evident to thoughtful, informed, intelligent voters.
Mr. Bannon is a perfect fit for this campaign. So long as he is in charge, we can count on Donald Trump to be himself: the same contemptible, insulting, stereotyping and extreme narcissist we have known him to be since his campaign began. I trust that Mr. Bannon will try to ensure that Mr. Trump stands by the positions he espouses and articulates (poorly) no matter how absurd and offensive they may be. Suggesting that Mr. Trump’s opponent be assassinated, as the standard-bearer did, is something which I would expect to have great appeal to Mr. Bannon. In his book that would simply be Mr. Trump “telling it like it is.”
As one who can find some enjoyment even in tragic comedy, I cannot wait to see what the Bannon/Trump team has in store to inflict on our nation.
OREN M. SPIEGLER
Upper Saint Clair, Pa.
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