Dear Mr. Trump:

It is with a heavy heart that I recognize a sad truth: you are leading us into a nuclear war.

Has it not occurred to you that saying “We will destroy North Korea!” is exactly what Kim Jung Un wants to hear? Has it not occurred to you that such a threat from the United States validates exactly what he and his predecessors in power have been telling the North Koreans every day for the past 65 years? With their country ready to be “destroyed” by the United States, North Korea now has every incentive to attack us first.

Pull back, Mr. President, from those foolish and ill-considered remarks before it is too late.

Very truly yours,

Bruce J. Berger