DEAR EDITOR:

How did we get here?

1) Trump is a de facto mob boss — he started by making Republicans afraid of losing their elected jobs. Now, after he let the violent January 6th traitors out of jail, the Republican lawmakers are afraid of losing their lives.

Don’t believe me? Ask former Republican U.S. Rep. and OSU receiver Anthony Gonzalez, who left Congress in fear for his family after voting to impeach Trump. Ask former Sen. Mitt Romney who described his talks with fellow Republican Senators who said they feared for their safety.

2) Trump took $250 million from Elon Musk to win the election, an unheard of amount that guaranteed his victory. Trump is now owned by Musk. Musk wanted control over the largest bank in the history of mankind — the United States Treasury. Trump gave it to him. Musk makes “Goldfinger” from James Bond look like a small-time hood.

Musk now controls files with your Social Security number, your tax returns, all your private information. Police caution not to give this information to a phone scammer. Doesn’t matter, Musk has it now.

3) The Supreme Court, the last hope for a check on Trump’s one-man rule, is controlled by a Republican majority led by corrupt grifters like Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito who have been bribed and bought off with gifts by extreme right wing multi millionaires. No mechanism exists (checks/ balances) to stop the bribery and remove the grifters — the Supreme Court is “self policing.”

BILL ADAMS

Austintown