To the Editor:
Re “The Black Eyes in Trump’s Life,” by Nicholas Kristof (column, Sept. 8):
A black eye given to a teacher. An attempt to throw a fellow student out a window. Allegations of sexual improprieties. Three marriages. I can hear the Donald Trump supporters right now saying, “Is that the best you’ve got?”
But I would suggest it is not the litany of what Mr. Trump has done wrong, but what he has not done right over his 70 years that should speak volumes. Where, with all this money and power, did Mr. Trump put it to good use? What charities has he supported with significant amounts of money from his own pocket? What journeys has he made to help those in need?
For the heart of this small, petty, virulent man lies not in what he has accomplished but what he has failed to accomplish. Not in his towers, in his casinos, in his golf courses, but in the selfless deeds that were not done, in the days and nights, the years and the decades he has not devoted to using his fame and wealth to benefit anyone but himself.
The tragedy and travesty that is Donald Trump should be centered not on his myriad mistakes but rather on the absence of anything positive that would make his life one worth admiring.
ROBERT S. NUSSBAUM
Fort Lee, N.J.
Note from KBJ: If anyone out there cares for Robert S. Nussbaum, please get him the help he needs for his Trump Derangement Syndrome. By the way, which charitable acts have the Clintons performed? How many people have they employed? What contributions have they made to anything of any importance?
Note 2 from KBJ: "Small" and "petty" mean the same thing. "Virulent" means strongly poisonous or bitterly hostile. The first doesn't apply to human beings at all; the second, as applied to Trump, is unsupported. Robert S. Nussbaum, besides being a name-calling creep, is a dunce.
