The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune.

Richard Coulson in his Business Bites opinion piece said that only two US presidents were chronic womanisers: Bill Clinton and Jack Kennedy.

Richard Coulson in his Business Bites opinion piece, while delving into the personal life of President Donald Trump, said that only three US presidents were chronic womanisers: Bill Clinton, John F Kennedy and Trump. To Coulson, Trump's affairs are far more egregious because he is blatant, unlike Messrs Clinton and Kennedy.

Mr Coulson is an intelligent columnist who writes well for The Tribune. But I believe he is being way too gracious in positing the viewpoint that of the 45 men to occupy the Oval Office over the past 243 years, only three were ferocious philanderers.

For his information, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Warren Harding, Franklin D Roosevelt, Dwight E Eisenhower, Lyndon B Johnson, George H W Bush and George W Bush were said to be womanisers. All of the foregoing chief executive officers were morally flawed, just like the rest of us. No need to condemn Trump. Rather than berating the man, Coulson should instead pray for the leader of the Free World. The Scriptures commands us to pray for our leaders.

And as for the claim about Trump being blatant about his affairs, he is not unique by any stretch of the imagination.

For instance, LBJ bragged to one of his biographers that he had more women by accident than Kennedy ever had on purpose. That is the epitome of being blatant. I don't like discussing the private lives of public figures in a public setting. But since Coulson disseminated inaccurate information on the subject to his readership, I decided to chime in with the view of correcting him.

KEVIN EVANS

Freeport,

Grand Bahama.

January 16, 2019.