To the editor:

President Trump, as the world bears witness, continues to serve as Exhibit A in proving the age-old adage that no amount of riches or wealth can ever imbue anyone with any level of class, dignity, honor or character. (“Rebuking Trump for his naked bigotry is the least Washington can do,” editorial, July 15)

Indeed, in starkest contrast, it is his immediate predecessor, a man of humble origin, who has embodied and exemplified those very qualities of class, dignity, honor and character that every American should demand in our nation’s leader.

Our greatest danger lies in becoming inured to the filth and stench of the Trump cesspool, lest we lose forever our national pride and self-respect.

Kurt I. Muller, Rancho Palos Verdes

Note from KBJ: Donald Trump is making America great again, and Kurt I. Muller can’t stand it.