Dear Mr. Trump:

You get such a kick out of appealing to your supporters’ most vile instincts.

To wit, after being criticized for saying that MS-13 immigrants were “animals,” you now relish in repeating the term, again and again, as an epithet for the all the refugee children now being separated from their parents by your Immigration police. Hurray brave Trump, who makes war on children! Hurray brave Trump, who sees children as threats to America!

By calling these children “animals,” you echo the words of your hero, Adolf Hitler, who said that Jews were vermin. It’s just another way of saying that people aren’t human beings, that they don’t have the right to live, and they don’t have the right to security. It’s just another way of telling your supporters that it’s okay for them to fear, to hate, to demean, and to kill. It’s just another way to encourage mob mentality, the goal of which is to snuff out life. When Jews were considered “vermin,” the next, easy step was the concentration camp, and from there only another small step to the gas chambers.

Now, Sir, where are these children that you’re taking from their parents? HHS holding cells. Waiting for you to give the next order.

Very truly yours,

Bruce J. Berger