Reader's perspective: With Trump back as the US President, is gentleman culture in the US gone?

Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump.

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Letter from Dr. Joshua Fernandez

Is the gentleman culture in America gone? We just witnessed one of the most bizarre US elections in history. What happened to electing guys who are structured, courteous, generous and helpful? gone are the distinguished Gents like Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama who would command the white house like a true gentleman. We now have...for the second time.....a chronic liar, a convicted felon, a womanizer,  president who incited an insurrection who tried to overturn the 2020 election, and unleashed a violent mob on the nation’s Capitol. This person threatens retribution against his political enemies, is now to become the most powerful person in the world for the second time. How can we all digest this fact? To make matters worse, his achievement in this election is better than he did in 2016 and 2020. Why are people voting for a person this dangerous as an example to the world? He has the most inflammatory and unprofessional rhetoric with so many nasty name callings like trash, fake news, stupid, low IQ, crazy, I am just disgusted with this choice. I am not an American, but I work in the justice system and such an attitude of a presidential candidate could resonate with the voters is just unbelievable/ unfathomable.  

I just mentioned John F. Kennedy above and this leads me to talk about Robert F. Kennedy Jr's uncanny support to a presidential candidate who has no beliefs & no values like his uncle. His support is so unwavering that his own Kennedy family members has denounced his endorsement of Trump? They called him  betrayal (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/kennedy-family-members-denounce-rfk-jr-trump-endorsement-rcna168024) which is precisely true. A person like Trump who has zero values should not be close to the Kennedy dynasty. He is not even qualified. Why RFK Jr. is endorsing him is an instant head scratcher.

Trump and Elon Musk are a perfect combo because Musk like Trump, is an authoritarian with zero empathy and has a "demon mode" where if he flips, you would see hell break loose. One of my relatives had worked face to face with Musk and unfortunately, he is unpleasant to be around. 

Do we want our kids to see this Donald Trump as their source of inspiration? The man who praises dictators like Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and Hungarian dictator Victor Orban.  

Just 3 days before the election, mental health experts criticized Trump for his insensitive comments that people who are depressed should work even more harder. Mental health was saying that the misconception that working harder could prevent depression can stigmatize those who are affected and discourage them from seeking professional / mental health treatment.

Do you think Robert F Kennedy's family have decided to endorse Kennedy's support of Trump after the election? No. Look at their recent interview, they strongly disagree with his association with Trump even up to this day. Would John F Kennedy look down and smile at Robert? He's rolling in his grave right now seeing one of his family taking side with a convicted felon who calls people names like a child wanting a candy.

When Trump came into power back in 2017, I never liked his cabinet because his family would be running the administration. Is that right or wrong? You know it's not right because there could be conflicts. There could be preferential treatment, biasness and would lead to resentment from other employees. Just like in an organization, where the decision team should never comprise of family members unless your family built that organization. 

There is a reason why we have laws in place. Why do we have the justice system so that there is control, there is law and order so people don't do things that are above the law.  

I think there should be a firm stand / policy in GC. A person like Donald Trump should never be made reference as a person of inspiration regardless of some of his positive values. His negative values outweigh his positives. The man doesn't believe in the justice system, he continues to think that election in 2020 was a fraud, he calls people who stand with the law as corrupt, fake, imbecile, and low IQ. He says things that should not be said in public like depressed ppl should work more instead of going for a holiday and many other rhetoric statements. As President Obama said when he was campaigning for Kamala Harris, "Trump is crazy". He denounces his former Vice President Mike Pence because he blames Mike Pence for not overturning the election 2020 result in congress. Mike Pence did the right thing by respecting the Constitution. He cannot just overturn the election result even as a Vice President because he simply has no power to do so. But Trump does not believe in that even it is written in the Constitution. He continues to blame Mike Pence on the election outcome.

I just cannot see anything about this man as a source of inspiration even how ""patriarchy"" he is. I see him as big bully not a patriarch. Most women do not like him at all because of his past actions with them. I do not like him because he does not respect the law. It's all about him. As a President of the United States, the very foundation of a President is to respect the Constitution. Trump, unfortunately,  does not. 

Dr Joshua Fernandez