To the editor:
Jonah Goldberg’s latest column comes off as an attempt to normalize President Trump, who he writes personifies the trends that have been in place for some time among voters. (“Don't blame it on the Orb: American institutional failure is the source of our weirdness,” Jan. 2)
Are serial lying, bullying, the debasing of women and gays, racism, white nationalism and ignorance of facts, history and our system of government all trends in the making over the last few decades? In the United States writ large?
No, but perhaps Goldberg only sees where he sits, as indeed Trump is the personification of these debasing trends in the Republican Party. In this column, Goldberg fails to see how these trends are leading to the destruction of his party.
Mark Chipman, San Diego
