Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Reading Eagle editorial: Trump deserves a chance

by Steve Reinbrecht

The Reading Eagle’s editorial Wednesday about Donald Trump is yet another example of the newsroom leaders’ disconnect with reality. It suggests the evil bullying bigot could be an acceptable president.



The earnest piece demands that Trump provide some details, darn it, to support some of his famous campaign promises.

The editorialist points out that Trump’s tax numbers just don’t add up, although “to be fair, Trump's 15 percent corporate tax rate, with its potential for repatriating corporations and jobs, is worth considering.”

The editorial writer also savages Trump on his plan to build a wall along the Mexican border. Research clearly shows, the Eagle points out, how unaffordable such a wall would be.

And come on, Trump must realize how hard it would be to deport 11 million undocumented workers. The Eagle writer supports this claim with further research. "The American Action Forum estimated its cost at $400 billion to $600 billion over 20 years." 

The answer to the Trump problem, the Eagle argues, is for more details about his ideas. As the Eagle demands, let’s hope Trump explains these things in calm and reasonable detail so that the Eagle newsroom leaders can comprehend how these controversial plans can actually be put in place to make America great again.

The newsroom leaders don't come to the conclusion that Trump is an awful man who must be stopped because he is gleefully tapping into hate and ignorance and unleashing the worst elements of humanity.

Don't the men running the Eagle see Trump as a threat to what America values, as a cynic who has cleverly adopted the election process as Hitler did in the 1930s? Most observers, here and around the world, understand this and are helping to get out the message.

In the meantime, why doesn't the Eagle press some of the many Republicans in Berks County who have been elected to make decisions about our lives on what they think about Trump?

We deserve to know. Berks needs better journalism.

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