US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s unpatriotic, insulting and extraordinary embrace of Russia's president, Vladimir V. Putin, is very scary indeed because it shows that, if elected, Mr Trump would be little more than a tool in Mr Putin’s hands.

Why is President Barack Obama allowing Mr Trump's deceptions go unchallenged?  Why is Mr Trump being allowed to display these abysmal judgements by declaring that America's generals have been 'reduced to rubble'? Can someone ask Mr Trump to explain his qualifications to lead the American armed forces? Is this the kind of irresponsible man American citizens want to lead their country?

Donald Trump is a cheat, a liar, and a would-be despot like Mr Putin.

Jos Edmond Zarb

Birkirkara