Letter to the editor: Is presidential history repeating itself?

I have a question.

During this pandemic, I have rediscovered reading. I read two books about the president.

The first discussed his views about Cabinet members being disloyal, and stated that his administration is in constant conflict and disarray. The second reiterated that conflict scenario, and indicated that the president fosters disarray among his own people.

Other comments were that he is a schemer and manipulater; he supplies and withholds information as he sees fit; when he feels politically vulnerable, he moves quickly, even before his staff and Cabinet members are informed of an issue; he said his enemies were “unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred”; he is an anti-Semite and an adulterer.

After listening to 3½ years of similar comments about President Trump from various media outlets and others, here is my question: Is history repeating itself?

You see, the first book, “Managing the White House,” was published in 1974, and the second book, “1944,” was published in 2015, so none of those comments were about Republican Donald Trump. They were about a man considered to be a very successful president, Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

So I ask the question: Is history repeating itself?

Daniel McCue

Donegal