To the editor: It has become tiresome to listen to pundits on the left and right suggest that former President Trump will gain points with voters as a result of being criminally charged in numerous lawsuits. (“Prosecutors seek more sanctions for Trump as key witness resumes testimony for him in hush money trial,” May 2)
Which voters will be impressed with someone who shows contempt for the rule of law, sounds more like a would-be dictator than a president, and exudes the personal charm of a deadly rattlesnake?
President Biden's voters won't be impressed, and Trump's voters will think he's overzealous. Those approximately 10% of voters who are in the middle or undecided, what happens to them?
Who in their right mind would vote for a lawless insurrectionist? I am sure that those in the middle, by much more than 50%, will pull the lever in favor of Biden, so that we can get rid of this narcissist disguised as a presidential candidate.
Rich Ellison, Santa Barbara
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To the editor: You hear more and more that Trump wants to be imprisoned because it fits his “I'm a victim” re-election strategy. In effect, he wants to use a cold, dark prison as a setting for his act.
If Trump continues to defy the New York court's gag order, he should be confined, as should any other defendant who engages in such conduct. However, Trump's place of confinement should not be the big house, as in a jail cell, but the truly big house, as in his gilded New York apartment.
Forcing Trump to claim that confinement to his 11,000-square-foot nest is cruel might be a more effective way to subdue him than any conventional punishment.
Mark Steinberg, Los Angeles
