Dear Mr. Trump,

I want to speak to the fact that you do not feel you are not getting the respect from the public and the media to which you are entitled. You feel you are being mocked and you are understandably hurt by this. It does hurt to be mocked publicly, or privately, for that matter.

For the past many, many months I have listened to you mock one person after another and smirk; one group of people after another and puff your chest out and bow to the applause. Rosie O’Donnell, Megyn Kelly, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, a Gold Star Mother, a reporter who has a successful career in spite of birth defects and many more have come under the knife of your cruel and witless tongue.

You gave yourself permission to jettison the truth from your campaign agenda because “winning” is the important thing. You refuse to acknowledge facts that put the security of this country and its citizens in danger, because you like what Putin says about you. I don’t like Putin so I don’t care what he says about you.

I could go on, but there is no use. What I want to say is this: I think you are getting exactly the respect you deserve. In fact you are getting the respect you have taught us to show. You are being treated as you have been treating others. Not by the media that you call crooked. They are doing their jobs. You are being treated this way by the citizens, the majority of the people you serve, the people who did not vote for you.

You won! Congratulations! You had to cheat and lie and behave badly to win, but you won. That’s all that matters. You had to hurt people and make promises that are meaningless now, but you won. Now you get to live with the knowledge that the majority of the people of this country don’t respect that kind of behavior. You are the most unpopular person to ever take the oath of office for the President of the United States of America. But you won. Enjoy. But if you want to be treated better, you need to learn how to act better. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.