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William C. Kashatus: Hard to forgive A-Rod for betrayal of his youngest baseball fans

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<p>I read the article in The New Yorker written by the man who was the ghostwriter for Donald Trump&#8217;s book, &#8220;The Art of the Deal.&#8221;</p><p>Tony Schwartz had his reservations during the writing process but decided to keep his thoughts private.</p><p>He came forward now because what he observed about Trump then is what he&#8217;s observing now, and it worries him. Trump doesn&#8217;t read. He&#8217;s deceitful. He gets bored quickly and, above all, he&#8217;s a boastful narcissist.</p><p>We learn that with the exception of Deutsche Bank, Trump apparently can&#8217;t get capital from any major U.S. bank to finance his new business dealings. He&#8217;s a major risk due to his many failed business dealings. If he can&#8217;t get financing from a U.S. bank, he&#8217;d get it from Russia.</p><p>Paul Manafort, Trump&#8217;s presidential campaign adviser, spent the last 10 years as a lobbyist for Viktor Yanukovych, the pro-Russian Ukrainian prime minister whose fall two years ago led to the crisis between Russia and the Ukraine. Yanukovych is a close Putin ally.</p><p>When has a candidate for the most powerful and important job in the world asked our enemies on national TV if they would hack our computers, and then criticized his opponent and called her &#8220;unhinged?&#8221;</p><p>When did it become OK that in order to win, it would be OK to stoop so low that I would have to scrape you off my shoe? </p><p>It&#8217;s not OK. It&#8217;s wrong and it&#8217;s dangerous. </p><p><strong>Maria Varecka</strong></p><p>Lake Ariel</p><style>
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Letter to the Editor: Ghostwriter had up-close look at Donald Trump, and it’s scary