Donald Trump is an easy target. His behavior is erratic and unpredictable, and all we can reasonably predict when he opens his mouth is his speech will be loud, under-researched and will most likely be parroted to us in the media.

Retweeting a picture of a murderer and misquoting the Bible at a Christian college are a couple examples.

These examples are just a few of the stupid things Trump has done. They were a little insulting but nothing truly damaging. Neither incident is near as bad as the time Trump didn’t disavow the KKK.

I respect the need to gather your facts before you come to a conclusion, but Trump previously spoke about, and condemned, David Duke. The statement in which he said he would not disavow Duke seems strange coming from a man who once named Duke as “not company I wish to keep.”

This is an example of something all candidates do, but Trump is the most guilty of changing statements depending on who he’s talking to in order to garner more support. He switches back and forth between disdain and support. Many candidates change statements, but Trump will completely flip his stance.

His disregard for social conventions and what some would call common sense is unique. He charges forward and steamrolls everyone and everything in his path. Sometimes it seems like he considers everyone an enemy and takes any statement against him as a personal insult. Take, for example, his spat with the Pope.

The Pope said Trump’s highly controversial statement that he wants to build a wall between the United States and Mexico in order to prevent or reduce illegal immigration was “not Christian.”

I don’t think that’s an unfair statement. Trump has never presented an image as an overly Christian man. He has even said things such as “Why do I have to repent or ask for forgiveness if I am not making mistakes?” and “I’m not sure I have ever asked God’s forgiveness. I try not to bring God into that picture.”

The Pope’s words ring true. Trump insulted Mexicans right out of the gate by implying that those that crossed the border illegally were likely rapists. That kind of blanket statement is stupid and insulting.

Trump countered at a rally soon after the Pope’s statement, saying the Islamic State is trying to infiltrate the Vatican, and when they do, “the pope would only wish and have prayed that Trump would have been elected president.”

Trump said the pope is a “very political person” and also implied that the Pope was influenced to speak against Trump by the Mexican government in order to keep the wall from being built, to which the Pope replied that he was honored Trump considered him a political person.

Trump also said he “doesn’t take crap from anybody, not even from the man upstairs.” The Donald went on to say, “I demand that he apologizes for his words and that he takes them back … if he refuses … we’re talking lawyers, we’re talking lawsuits, we’re talking every possible court … it ain’t over ‘till the fat lady sings.”

A presidential candidate threatened to sue the Pope. If it was anyone else, it would be a huge story, but with Trump, we hardly notice it because we’re used to it. We’re so desensitized to his particular brand of awfulness that his various escalating escapades are now commonplace. Instead of being shocked, we roll our eyes and say, “What did he do now?”

Trump is a man who refuses to let things roll off his back. He’s reactive, insulting and childish. “[The Pope] hasn’t gotten off in several decades,” Trump said later in the interview. This is something I would expect to hear in a middle school locker room about a respected religious figure. Can we really see Trump acting in a mature way during meetings with foreign politicians?

Can we suppose that a man who wants to ban Muslims to be even tempered and represent the United States in a respectful way? Under George W. Bush, the opinion of the United States being overseas plummeted. I don’t think we want to return to that.

No matter what you think about President Barack Obama, he is an eloquent man. I’m saying this with obvious bias because I like him, but even if you don’t, he’s easygoing and likable. He’s a calm and collected leader, reminiscent of the first rider in a cavalcade, who, with a raise of his hand or a simple call, can stop the riders in their tracks.

Trump is a freight train about to crash. He is a man who ostracizes those who disagree with him no matter who they are. He cannot be trusted to talk to leaders of other countries who might have tense relations with the United States.

His rebuke of Muslims and spat with the Pope don’t bode well for us. He’s burning bridges before he even crosses them and kicking the pieces in America’s face.

If we give him more power, who knows what he’ll do next?