Steve Pepple | Detroit Free Press

David Trott, the Oakland County Republican who served two terms in Congress, blasted President Donald Trump in a letter to the editor of The Atlantic, saying Trump is unfit for office and should be removed.

“Trump is psychologically, morally, intellectually, and emotionally unfit for office,” Trott wrote in the letter, which appeared in the print magazine but not online, calling Trump’s actions in office “frightening.”

He said Trump's "inability to follow normal decision-making protocols has created chaos in our foreign policy and put our country at risk."

“We can only hope Congress impeaches and removes him so we have a choice between two adults in 2020.”

Trott, 59, a Birmingham attorney, made similar comments in a front page article of the New York Times on Sunday in which it became clear why he didn’t seek a third two-year term in 2018 representing Michigan’s 11th Congressional District.

Trott said that during a closed door meeting with fellow Republican lawmakers in the summer of 2017 he had expressed concerns about Trump’s erratic behavior. The word quickly got back to the president and Trott decided not to seek re-election rather than face Trump’s wrath and the likelihood of a primary challenge.

Many Republican lawmakers feel Trump is unfit for office, Trott told the newspaper, but are fearful of saying so publicly.

Meshawn Maddock, chairwoman of the 11th Congressional District Republican Committee, was quoted in the Detroit News as calling Trott a "Democrat in disguise,” She said Trott had abandoned his constituents, allowing a Democrat to win his old seat.

On Sunday, Maddock, co-founder of Michigan Trump Republicans, tweeted that Trott refused to donate to 11th District Republicans. “So Trott please crawl back into your very little hole.”

Democrat Haley Stevens won Trott’s seat in the 2018 election. The district covers portions of southwestern Oakland County and northwest Wayne County.

In the letter published in The Atlantic, Trott said he “will now have to consider voting for a Democrat” for president.