Donald Trump’s own words reveal that by “peace through strength” he favors nuclear proliferation, and by “law and order” he means draconian deportation, racial discrimination, and guilty until proven innocent.

His siren song for change is a dangerous appeal to hate and fear. To gin up hate, Donald calls all political opponents derogatory names and says Hillary is guilty of caring too much about dark-skinned people and of being corrupt. In fact, Donald says Hillary is “the most corrupt candidate ever.” Can anyone name even one corruption conviction for Hillary? Without hard evidence that could prevail in a Supreme Court decision, allegations and accusations of corruption and criminal activity are not persuasive to most Americans because they deny the foundation of our legal system: that a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Donald’s second debate performance laid bare his contempt for our legal foundation. When Hillary said, “It is just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country,” Donald responded, “Because you’d be in jail.” In our great country, legal indictments require proof of a crime. Our top law-enforcement agency, the FBI, examined the evidence against Hillary in her so-called e-mail scandal and recommended against indictment. Yet, arrogant political opponents and media pundits without law degrees continue to promote the false narrative that anyone other than Hillary would have been indicted and convicted.

Testosterone Trump’s ideas on law and order and nuclear proliferation, arming Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia with nukes, are dangerous and deadly proposals for change.

Tom Driscoll
Poulsbo