Letter: Trump is an unprincipled strongman

For me, Trumpism emerged from the 2016 Republican debates. Trump’s obscene, ad hominem attacks lanced into the other Republican candidates like a spear, making him look like an unprincipled blowhard — aggressive and brutal but not much of a threat to win — not a person who could end up as our president.Now, I think he’s an unprincipled strongman; a person who can threaten our democracy and dismantle whatever political balance we have, conservative or liberal or in between