President Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington DC 20500
2 March 2017
Dear President Trump,
When I moved from
elementary school to middle school, I switched schools. That meant that I was the new kid and as a
result, I got picked on and insulted and mocked a lot. It took me a while, but I finally figured out
that if I made fun of myself, I got to control the conversation, and the bullies
couldn’t make fun of me if I had already done so myself.
As has frequently been
pointed out in the press, you have a remarkably thin skin when it comes to people making fun of you. I certainly understand this. Such taunts hurt. You have expressed anger at the cast of
Saturday Night Live for their parodies of you, you have been angered at various
late night hosts when they make fun of you, and you have proven a remarkably
easy person to taunt.
I am concerned about
this because in your anger and vindictiveness, you sometimes seem to make
leadership decisions that are motivated more by a desire for revenge than by a
desire to make decisions that will benefit the American people. It also sometimes makes you look foolish.
If you don’t mind taking
some advice from a nerd who figured out how to make humor work for him, I would suggest that your best bet might be to learn
to make fun of yourself some times.
Doing so takes the wind out of the sails of those who would mock you and
gives you the chance to be seen by the American public as someone who is confident enough to have a sense of humor about himself.
It may also mean that
you do not act out of a desire to hold a grudge when the situation calls for a
civil tongue and a wise and thoughtful approach.
Regards,
Bill Boerman-Cornell
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