au777 What Trump’s Victory Says About America

To the Editor:

Re “Donald Trump Returns to Power, Ushering In New Era of Uncertainty” (nytimes.com, Nov. 6):

I woke up today in a different country. After more than eight years of watching and listening to Donald Trump’s vitriol, his lying, his relentless clawing at any and all soft underbellies, we said, “Yes, we want more.”

He comes into power this time with an army of sycophants. He comes into power as the world writhes in discord and the planet itself is in peril. He comes into full power possibly having control of every lever of government. All because we said, “Yes, we want more.”

During this most recent campaign, I sometimes heard the words of Maya Angelou invoked: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

Well, America, you have shown us who we are. And it’s not a pretty sight.

Judith M. Guenther-AdamsOakwood, Ohio

To the Editor:

Election Day was one of the longest days in my memory. The anxiety, the void, as if time had stopped as we waited for the polls to close. Early in the evening, my husband, speaking more to himself than to me, said, “Just imagine if we wake up tomorrow and Trump has won.”

The unimaginable has happened, and our country is broken. There is no choice. We must pick up the pieces and continue to fight for justice — for immigrants, women, gay and transgender people — for all the citizens and institutions targeted by the Trump-Vance ticket as they plowed their path to victory to “make America great again.”

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