A letter to the editor from last week accused me (the author of a recent letter titled “Outrage”) of spreading hate instead of love. I’ll respond by asking the writer if he thinks it would have been desirable for German citizens to have spoken out in “outrage” opposing Hitler and the Nazis who were sending Jews, people with disabilities and Gypsies to concentration camps?

Would he have viewed their protests as statements of hate – or rather of love – for their country and the people being persecuted?

The Trump presidency isn’t a normal presidency by any stretch of the imagination. Vast numbers of prominent conservative Republican leaders and commentators have called him “dangerous,” “mentally unstable,” “unknowledgeable” and “totally unqualified to be president.” His tweeting reminds one of an angry toddler “getting even” and his nasty verbal assaults on anyone with whom he disagrees are embarrassing for a world leader.

Increased anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and white supremacy since Trump’s election is a sad testament to his dangerous use of “us against them” scapegoating tactics to satisfy his base. The fact that the KKK has applauded his election says it all.

And, as “the law and order” president, Trump has been unfair and selective in his law enforcement by pardoning Joe Arpaio, while ending DACA protections for hard-working, well-vetted, tax-paying recipients. “The law’s the law” evidently only applies to Latinos, not Trump’s white friends.

It is way past time to stop bringing Obama into the discussion or even Hillary. Now, it’s all about Trump – his serial lying, his conflicts of interest, his love of dictators, his tweeting of policy, his access to the nuclear code and his unprecedented inviting of Russian spies into the Oval Office to give them classified material.

It’s love for country that makes me speak out.