In the 1980s on Saturday Night Live, Jon Lovitz played the part of compulsive liar Tommy Flanagan. He was entertaining and hilarious as he exaggerated an ever- expanding narrative about himself, his greatness and his preposterous achievements, from enormous wealth to universal fame. His tag line following a lie was usually, "Yeah, that's it, that's the ticket!"

We now have a television personality who was elected president of the United States, who is a real, live, chronic, incurable, compulsive, pathological liar -- Donald Trump. It seems he cannot stray from a teleprompter without speaking obvious lies. Then, when he says something different from what he previously lied about, he lies about why he said it and blames someone else for the reason he lied, without ever admitting that he lied.

Many of his Republican paid toadies and loyalists have apparently compartmentalized their own brains to accept these falsehoods as normal for a U.S. President, commander-in-chief and world leader, as they continually do interviews in which they support the lies or attempt to explain "what he really meant."

When President Obama told one lie, ("If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor") Republican heads exploded with horror. Obama was, and still is, incessantly bludgeoned by many of the same Republicans who couldn't find a way to compartmentalize their brain for this one single falsehood.

Democrats should adopt a zero tolerance policy for presidential lies.

Ron Pizarie

East Allen Township