To the editor:

While reading a book entitled “The Great Big Book of Horrible Things” by the historian Matthew White, I came across this sentence:

“By appealing to people’s fears and hatreds, he whipped the mob into a frenzy and became leader of a free democracy, which he quickly twisted to his own desires.”

Although Mr. White was referring to Adolph Hitler, Donald Trump immediately sprang to mind.

DAVE RICHARDS

Bainbridge Island