Mike Stopa’s “The myth of the Trump personality cult’’ (Opinion, Nov. 6) is truly amazing. Not only does Stopa find excuses for Donald Trump’s abhorrent behavior, but he manages to find excuses for the president’s diminishing legion of followers. I’m not sure which is scarier — a fascist president who lies every day and is under investigation, or the Trump enablers who ignore the facts and swear allegiance to this dangerous buffoon.

He promotes hatred, pollution, corruption, and intolerance. He insults world leaders in the throes of tragedy. C’mon now. If you think Trump is anything less than a total embarrassment, you’re just not paying attention. Or maybe you’re just straining your neck to look the other way.

Stopa wraps up his piece with a few myths of his own, including the suggestion that Trump has something to do with a growing economy (the president probably takes credit for the sun rising every day, too) and the notion that the judiciary is “bending toward more traditional values.’’

Since when do “traditional values’’ include discrimination and religious fanaticism?

Howard Newman

Melrose