GOP: The wrong initials

The Republican Party needs new initials. They are historically and presently GOP. For those too young or unknowing, GOP stands for the Grand Old Party.

Let us all be honest for this brief moment and agree that, since Trump, the party is no longer old, nor grand. It is remade in the image of its tin god, so it needs a new designation. The Afraid Of Trump Party? AOTP? Or, since Trump is in Putin’s pocket, the AOPP?

Fear is the worst motivator in human experience. It has great short-term success, but historically damned results. I suggest WSOHP, the Wrong Side Of History Party.

DANIEL PETERSON

Coeur d’Alene