To the Editor:

Re “Top General’s Grief Becomes a Political Talking Point for the President” (news article, Oct. 18):

Lacking the grace, skill, empathy, humor, work ethic, knowledge, tact, thick skin and fitness for the job, all of which former President Barack Obama possessed in depth, President Trump displays his envy by lying about Mr. Obama: suggesting that he did not tend to fallen and wounded soldiers when Mr. Obama did so constantly; suggesting that the Iran nuclear deal is terrible and that the Affordable Care Act is a failure — both untrue, and Mr. Trump is unable to explain what is wrong with either.

Mr. Trump is the same man who led the “birther” charge against Mr. Obama and accused the former president of wiretapping his office — both charges false. Mr. Trump’s obsession with Mr. Obama seems abnormal.

JOHN E. COLBERT

ARROYO SECO, N.M.