Letter: Trump likes autocrats because he is one

“Debate is to war what trial by jury is to trial by combat; a way to settle a dispute without coming to blows.”— Jill Lepore in “These Truths: A History of the United States”Sadly, this is not true in Trump’s era.During the 30 years preceding the Civil War, shootings, knifings and fist fights occurred in theU.S. Congress. Now, in President Donald Trump’s time, vitriol is reaching new levels like then, as pipe bombs are added to the conflict overtaking th