I joined the USAF in 1964 and retired from the military 28 years later.
I’ve always considered my country to be a cut above and was proud to serve. This pride in my country is now gone. I no longer even root for my country’s athletes in the Olympics or other international tournaments.
The reason is simple enough. I’m ashamed of a country whose citizens elected Donald Trump.
The man is, and is proud to be, a draft dodger, a liar, a bully, a racist and a despot. The man’s two primary pleasures are money and humiliating people, not necessarily in that order. He has no respect for the rule of law, science or fairness, and as a result, individuals who are convinced that recovering from what he is doing and has done to the country will not be difficult are kidding themselves.
How anybody who believes in democracy and decency feels any respect for the current administration is beyond me. I would never volunteer to serve and protect the country in its current form.
Frank T. Globokar, Cottonwood Heights