Dear Mr. Trump,

Your strategy is always to follow a terrible, treasonous move with an even more treasonous move.

You’re now inviting the dictator Putin to the White House after already caving in to him at your recent meeting. It’s not enough that you showed: (1) you can’t stand up to him, (2) that you’re not smart enough to see what he’s doing to our country (or that you don’t care), (3) that you’re not brave enough to defend the interests of the United States against foreign aggression, and (4) that you’re susceptible to the obvious blackmail by which Putin manipulates you.

Now, on top of all that, you want to honor him with a trip to our – the peoples’ of the United States – White House. Talk about inviting the fox into the henhouse. Talk about inviting Osama bin Laden to a celebration at Ground Zero on September 12, 2001.

Don’t do it, Sir. Putin’s a spy, as well as a murderer. He and his cohort will manage to plant bugs throughout the White House, and from now on every discussion of every president and his/her advisors will be recorded in Russia.

Frankly, it’s outrageous that you would plan for such a visit without even informing our Director of National Intelligence. It’s even more outrageous that you do so without any public record of what you already gave away to Putin in your secret meeting earlier this week.

Sadly, you can count on your spineless Republican supporters in Congress to protect you. They blocked the effort of the Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee to find out what was actually said at your secret meeting with our nation’s adversary.

We need a Congress that will stand up to Putin and the Russians. You have abandoned your oath to protect our country, and the Republicans in Congress are letting you get away with.

Very truly yours,

Bruce J. Berger