Dear Pathetic Liar-in-Chief:

You’re doing  a helluva job, Trump!

When asked why you shut down the White House National Security Council office that dealt with pandemic preparedness, you lied, claiming you didn’t shut it down.

How dumb do you think we are? Do you think there’s no record? Do you think you can fool your supporters by lying again and again?

Then you piled another lie on top of the first, claiming you knew nothing about the shutting down of that office.

Again, how dumb do you think we are? But if we are to believe that lie, it reflects your utter incompetence. A competent president needs to understand the offices under his control, not the least of which is the White House National Security Council office to address pandemics.

A competent president needs to speak truthfully, not as in your promise that “everyone who wants to be tested can be tested.”

And we need a president who listens to his health officials, not one who ignores them.

We need people in the White House who are competent for the tasks that you’re assigning to them.

Not people like science denier Pence, unbelievably put in charge of our defense against the virus.

Not people like Jared Kushner, who knows nothing about epidemics and who can only add to the chaos.

Not people like Kellyanne Conway, who tries to sandbag the American public by claiming that the virus “is contained.”

Many will die because of the way you’re handling this crisis, your lack of preparedness, your lack of caring. If our country is going to survive, we need a president who can manage a crisis. Not you.

Very truly yours,

Bruce J. Berger