Opinion: A big ‘nuclear button’ and Michael Wolff’s book: Can it get any worse for Trump?

First, it was President Trump’s “nuclear button” tweet on Tuesday that set our letter writers off. Many wrote to say that the president’s boastful flippancy when discussing the most devastating power he holds rendered him totally unfit for the job and demanded his removal from office by the Republican-controlled Congress.

Then, excerpts that were published from Michael Wolff’s book “Fire and Fury” — which portrays Trump as dangerously incompetent and, remarkably, at once totally isolated and surrounded by fearful sycophants — brought the anti-Trumpism to a fever pitch.

Regular readers know there’s little love lost between most of the Los Angeles Times’ letter writers and the president. But even by our standards, this was a bad week for Trump on The Times’ letters page.

Alan Matis of Sherman Oaks gets straight to the point:

If Trump really wants to “Make America Great Again,” he should resign.

Robert G. Brewer, also of Sherman Oaks, urges Republicans to take action:

As I watch the leaders of what should be the greatest country on Earth self-destruct and backbite one another, I cannot help but remember the first time I became aware of primitive self-preservation.

I had arrived home to a darkened kitchen, and when I flipped on the light, I saw the cockroaches scurry across the floor to get to the perceived safety of darkness. I see a similar thing happening today.

My only question is this: When will the Republicans in Congress remember that the oath they took was not to the president, but to the Constitution?

Joseph B.D. Saraceno of Gardena defends Trump by looking at the big picture:

Trump has been in office now for nearly a year, so let’s look at the facts.

In the third quarter, the U.S. economy grew at a 3.2% annual rate. The unemployment rate is at a 17-year low. The stock market is sizzling. Immigrants who are in the country illegally are leaving. Foreign companies are opening plants here. American companies are coming back. Retail sales for December were up over last year.

And all this despite major hurricanes and, in California, massive wildfires.

If the Trump bashers complain in good times, what will they do in bad times?

Yucca Valley resident Stephen J. Bost worries about what might happen in a crisis:

With the latest revelations about the chaos in the White House and new questions raised about the president’s mental capacity, one wonders what would happen if our country was attacked.

Fortunately, we have a few stable folks in the White House, but the commander in chief is not one of them.

Ron Ellsworth of La Mesa laments the personal toll of working for Trump:

We know that if you work for Trump you can be fired, you can be isolated, you can be ridiculed, you can be indicted, and now, as the president says happened with Steve Bannon, you can even lose your mind — which, like your principles, decency and humanity, is never a nice thing to lose.

Beaumont resident Marilyn K. Brown waxes allegorical:

Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump tweets as the United States falls into oblivion.

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