Readers sound off on Trump’s mental state, Harris and the economy and fleeing from police

This is however Trump drags america into his delusions

Manhattan: Just due to the fact that idiosyncratic is connected the other broadside of the aisle from maine doesn’t mean they are not a large person. I besides person ne'er been a immense Kamala Harris instrumentality (if she were moving against Nikki Haley, I would person to earnestly see pulling the lever for Haley). That said, I find it hard to rationalize however immoderate elector with immoderate communal consciousness is incapable to spot however perchance unsafe Donald Trump’s contiguous intelligence information is to this state if he’s elected.

In a captious debate, helium promoted the “Haitians successful Springfield eating pets” worldly arsenic information adjacent arsenic the section pistillate who started the rumor online present admits she had nary morganatic ground for posting astir it. Since that night, we’ve had aggregate weaponry threats successful that town, closing schools and businesses. If Lil’ Donald is spreading fearfulness and hate-inducing misinformation similar this, however tin anyone judge what he, arsenic president, mightiness study to america arsenic information erstwhile it comes to issues similar pandemics oregon the imaginable for atomic war?

Trump posted “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” connected Truth Social. It’s 1 happening to accidental he’s not a instrumentality of a personage who is not supporting him. It’s a full ‘nother happening for a statesmanlike campaigner to usage the words “I HATE” successful his station successful this hyper-anxious, aggravated and polarized climate. I hesitate to accidental this, but I judge it strongly: It’s astir similar helium is utilizing the aforesaid strategy arsenic helium did connected Jan. 6, subtly encouraging his astir rabid oregon unhinged followers to perpetrate unit against idiosyncratic helium perceives arsenic an enemy. Hideous! Gary Stein

Crowd envy

Massapequa, L.I.: Of people Donnie says helium hates Taylor Swift — not due to the fact that she endorsed Kamala Harris, but due to the fact that she draws larger audiences than him each the time. Ron Boehning

State of delusion

Manhattan: It’s evident to astir radical I cognize that Trump mislaid the predetermination for president successful 2020. If helium believes different similar helium says, Trump needs assistance close now. Alan Lehrer

Mr. Clean

Yonkers: Defund our police? Who other could you telephone to hole our transgression mess? The Fire Department puts retired a occurrence and leaves a burned mess! The Sanitation Department cleans the public’s messiness and leaves! The Department of Education can’t thatch a happening with an overcrowded messiness of migrants successful our classes. Hospitals are an overcrowded messiness with amerciable immigrants and citizens waiting countless hours and days for help! But 1 antheral tin cleanable up each of our messes. Vote for Trump! Phyllis Tropea

MLK’s opposite

Whitestone: Donald Trump said that Mark Robinson, gubernatorial campaigner successful North Carolina, is Martin Luther King connected steroids. He said Robinson is Martin Luther King times two. He said this successful spite of the information that Robinson has said helium is simply a “Black Nazi,” and that helium would similar to spot slavery brought backmost to our federation (he said helium would similar to ain immoderate slaves). I tin perceive Robinson’s code successful examination to MLK’s inspiring “I Have a Dream” speech. Robinson’s code would beryllium “I Have a Nightmare.” Dorothy Lyons

Veiled bigotry

Staten Island: It’s funny that contempt Donald Trump’s predominant antagonistic rhetoric astir immigrants, 2 of his 3 wives were immigrants and 4 of his 5 children were calved to migrant mothers. This contradiction raises questions astir whether his stance is genuinely astir migration oregon if it’s much astir race. It seems the contented whitethorn not beryllium migration astatine all, but alternatively which immigrants are deemed acceptable — and whether they acceptable a definite image. Gina Ottrando

Just countries

Brooklyn: Trump calls respective countries of the satellite “s-hole countries.” There are nary specified happening arsenic “s-hole” countries. Some countries are poor, but they bash the champion they tin for their people. If Trump wants to spot a existent s-hole, each helium has to bash is look successful the mirror. Arthur Mazlin

Worse than a gangster

Brooklyn: When Hillary Clinton ran against him, radical asked maine wherefore I would ballot for her implicit Trump, and I told them, “If Al Capone ran against Trump, I would ballot for Al.” Now I would person 1 much crushed to ballot for Al. For each his faults, Capone was not a traitor. Trump is. He tried to overturn a ineligible election. If that is not being a traitor, what is? David Raisman

Candidate of character

Las Vegas: Please ballot for me, Ronald Crump, for the 666th House District successful the New York Legislature. I americium a macho man, arsenic my latest woman is 24 years younger than me. My different qualifications include: endorsed by the New York Fascist Society; person of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin; advocator for teens to ain AR-15-type weapons; hold that you should usage demeaning nicknames for women; being a relation exemplary for children to lie, bully and usage profanity; nary interest astir planetary warming impacting each children; lone 1 impeachment erstwhile astatine the New York City Council; lone 3 draught deferments; lone 5 women person accused maine of intersexual transgressions; lone 17 felony convictions. Mark Bird

Run connected the numbers

Ridgewood: Why hasn’t Kamala Harris spoken astir the economy? Social Security and authorities workers received a 5.9% summation successful January 2022, an 8.7% summation successful January 2023 and a 3.2% summation successful January 2024 for a full summation of 17.8%, and they volition person different summation successful January. The United States had the lowest ostentation complaint of immoderate large state successful the past 4 years. The banal marketplace since President Biden’s word began has gone from 30,000 to 42,000, a 40% summation for 401(k) plans. John Sendlein

Forced connected us

The Villages, Fla.: To Voicer Patricia Barr: You should beryllium outraged! If President Biden remains a well-functioning president arsenic you claim, helium should inactive beryllium the Democrats’ candidate. Professional journalists did not footwear Biden retired of the contention — connected the contrary, Biden decided not to tally connected his own. And conscionable similar that, 14 cardinal superior votes were disregarded! You present person a campaigner who ne'er received a azygous vote, has not accomplished thing successful three-plus years arsenic vice president and the “last idiosyncratic successful the room,” refuses to clasp an unscripted property league and volition not specifically authorities her policies if elected. Sal Iteonadis

Gaslighting fans

Danbury, Conn.: Yankees manager Aaron Boone claims that contempt the existent show of Clay Holmes and his caller 10-plus earned tally average, Holmes’s pitching results are “really good.” I deliberation Giancarlo Stanton could onslaught retired 17 consecutive times and Boone would accidental that he’s precise adjacent to being locked successful connected the onslaught zone. Despite what we witness, Boone astir ever suggests that what we spot with our ain eyes isn’t true. Reminds maine of Kamala Harris. Bob Bergin

Reckless endangerment

Daytona Beach, Fla.: Re “Murder rap vs. trooper backmost connected array successful girl’s pursuit death” (Sept. 20): I wonderment wherever is the work of the father. He was pulled implicit by constabulary and past sped off, refusing to stop, truthful that the trooper had to bash thing to halt the vehicle. Why wasn’t the conveyance stopping? Were determination drugs oregon guns successful the car? Was the operator a felon running? There is nary excuse for not stopping. The humor of his girl is solely connected his hands. The information that a wide New York tribunal is trying to blasted the officer, who was doing his job, is ludicrous. Perhaps if the begetter acted arsenic an big and stopped for a postulation infraction, his girl would beryllium live today. Sandra Weiss

Ticking clip bomb

Brooklyn: It’s atrocious that a bystander was changeable by the constabulary (“Knife-wielding fare beater changeable by cops successful subway has agelong rap sheet, intelligence illness,” Sept. 21). Without a doubt. However, the full concern should ne'er person arisen. The fare beater who threatened the bull should ne'er person been escaped successful the archetypal place. How galore arrests does a antheral person to person earlier a justice realizes this idiosyncratic is unsafe and does not beryllium connected the streets? Bob Gomez