To the Editor:

“President Bannon?” (editorial, Jan. 31) serves as a clarion call to all Americans who already are or should be extremely concerned about what the Trump presidency has very quickly morphed into. Based on several draconian and probably unconstitutional executive orders issued by President Trump and the unprecedented and deeply troubling appointment of his special adviser, Stephen Bannon, to sit on the National Security Council, it appears that Mr. Trump has indeed ceded authority to Mr. Bannon to basically act as the de facto president.

Mr. Trump has never shown any interest in learning or understanding the intricacies of issues such as health care policy or national security. The “real Donald Trump” is revealed every time he tweets one of his trite and often bombastic messages, threats or attacks.

As this new president, elected with far less than a majority of the popular vote, attempts to make good on his campaign promises, it appears that the keys to the Oval Office have been given to an unelected man known for his anti-Semitic, racist and anti-immigrant rants.

Only a vociferous, well-organized and persistent opposition by millions of democracy-loving people will be able to reverse the potentially disastrous course that our new commander in chief has put our nation on.