One hundred years ago, my grandparents emigrated from Italy to the United States to escape the oppression of fascism. When World War II began, my uncle Nicholas joined the 82nd Airborne as a paratrooper to fight Nazism and fascism. After earning a Purple Heart, he was killed at the Battle of the Bulge.
Wouldn’t my grandparents be horrified that their son lost his life defending the adopted country they so loved, only to have it become like the country they were forced to abandon?
Donald Trump’s America is no longer a democracy.
Nicholas Cavallaro, Salt Lake City
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