George Polycranos

Port Matilda

Even before his felony conviction, Donald Trump’s feckless, destructive and corrupt one-term presidency provided abundant proof that he is unfit for office on many levels.

Each Memorial Day we are reminded of his complete disdain for our men and women in uniform, particularly for those who have paid the ultimate price in protecting our freedom.

Trump has referred to our fallen heroes as “suckers” and “losers,” even sharing that opinion with his then Chief of Staff, decorated General John Kelly, whose own son was killed in action in Afghanistan.

General Kelly accurately stated that Trump “has no understanding of what this country is all about.” Clearly, virtues of honor, duty, courage, sacrifice and loyalty are completely incomprehensible to him.

Trump, who dodged military service during the Vietnam War with a timely letter from his podiatrist citing bone spurs, disparaged John McCain saying that he “liked people who weren’t captured.” McCain spent five years in captivity enduring torture as a POW in Vietnam. When offered early release, McCain courageously and selflessly refused to leave his comrades behind.

Trump cancelled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France because the rain would mess his hair and –kept disabled veterans out of parades because “that would not be a good look for him.”

This rebuke of Joseph McCarthy comes to mind — “Have you no sense of decency?” A convicted felon with zero respect for our fallen heroes, active military and democratic heritage is without decency and totally unfit for office.