Dear Mr. Trump,

It’s been 231 years since the adoption of the United States Constitution, and the Constitution has worked reasonably well. The Constitution got us through the secession of Southern states and the Civil War, and it got us through two world wars and the Cold War. From time to time, we amended the Constitution to enlarge our national concept of equality, although we still have far to go. Until you became president, there was every reason to think that our Constitution would continue to work.

You have turned out to be the one president intent on destroying the Constitution, the government upon which it was founded, and this great country. This sad conclusion is obvious, because, from every indication, the Trump Shutdown will continue as long as you’re president. With the Trump Shutdown, our national security is greatly at risk, and we will be attacked on many fronts.

Brave Americans still working for the Department of Homeland Security are not being paid, and morale is down. Heroic FBI agents, who risk their lives to fight terrorism, are not being paid, and their morale is down. Dedicated Justice Department lawyers who prosecute drug dealers and gangs and tax dodgers like you aren’t being paid, and their morale is down.

The Constitution was not adopted to give a president the power to shut down the United States government. The Constitution was adopted for exactly the opposite reason: to make government function. The Trump Shutdown, if it continues, will bring down the Constitution and the United States of America.

What is our only hope for survival? The end of the Trump presidency. #TrumpBeGone!

Very truly yours,

Bruce J. Berger