In the world of absolute power, Donald J. Trump found his “mark” in the GOP and he has it made. He and his family live above the law with no restrictions and operate on their own personal behalf now worth hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars.

Acting as President Donald J. Trump and his GOP now control all three branches of the national government: The Executive, Judicial, and Congressional. The only remaining possible resistance to his power are the public officials in administrative offices at all levels of government: Federal, State, and Local.

Donald J. Trump’s solution to this resistance is quite simple: eliminate it. Replace all the remaining career professions at all levels of the United States Government, inluding the U.S. military and the intelligence agencies of the FBI and CIA, with a hand-full of selected stooges that respond to his personal bidding.

After 200 years, the future of our great nation has been ceded away to an unfriendly old man who has no idea what he is doing, where he is going, and he cares only for himself. He tells us, “You will never need to vote again.”* The central element of thriving Democracy that manifests itself in its own governmental accountability has been swept away.

America is now entrenched in a new political system, authoritarianism, and it has its first Sovereign Head of State, President Donald J. Trump.

Elon Musk will tell you, “No government is the most cost efficient solution.” I’m unsure where thise leaves you and me and the rest of the United States of America.

*He never acknowledged losing power at the end of his first term of office as President and now he assures us that he will not resign his reign on power once again in 2029.

LANCE A. HEITZ,

Presque Isle