Dear Editor:

In a response to my Feb. 8 letter, Phyliss Greenfield argues that Clinton's lies about Benghazi are worse than Trump's lies about inaugural crowd size. There is no evidence that Clinton intentionally misled the public about Benghazi. Seven Republican-led Senate investigations and $8 million tax dollars concluded this. None-the-less Trump supporters used this conspiracy theory to demonize Clinton. I compared her so-called lies to Trump's lies and wondered why her lies mattered more to his supporters than his lies, which are uttered on almost a daily basis.

Trump's lies about inaugural size are part of a disturbing trend for him to make up "alternate facts" to support an alternate reality. Blustering, lying or delusional thinking, take your choice. I submit this pattern is a danger to us and the world.

Trump's current lies have embroiled us in his Muslim travel ban issue and poked a hornet's nest. He says it's about keeping us safe from terrorists but applies the ban to seven countries that have produced no terrorists on our soil. Millions of people have been impacted by this reckless and impulsive act. Is he lying, blustering or delusional? Unlike Benghazi, our standing in the world is diminished and we are in even greater threat. Trump's actions stoke Muslim fear while becoming a recruiting tool for the Islamic State and the possibility of provoking new terrorist attacks. Recall that Clinton's so-called lies were after the fact and did not provoke other attacks.

Dictators, fascists, autocrats and strongmen throughout history have used fear-mongering to arouse nationalistic and isolationist agendas. A fearful public is more easily manipulated because emotions prevail over rational thought. Is this how America will become great again?

Ms. Greenfield is correct when she said comparisons between Trump's lies and Clinton's lies is "incomprehensible."

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