To the editor:

Hard to keep up with the “greatness” the administration is bestowing on our country.

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guestdec192cbfe89f51cecfc2718

G_allen, why don’t you respond to what was actually written in the letter? Rather than just the usual MAGA talking points. The writer commented that immigrants are being kept under inhumane conditions, Jan 6 rioters and attackers of police, being released is also okay with you. So it’s okay with you that rioters did over $30 million worth of damage, and brutally beat police officers is also okay. Sex offenders going to country club prisons. Actually just one sex offender, Maxwell. You’re okay with that also. Then treating Putin to a red carpet, with our soldiers on their hands and knees, okay with that also, providing a laugh on Russian TV.

Millie Edwards

G Allen it was refreshing to read your thoughts in defending our President from the people who attack our President. You are not alone in your thoughts. Your words are well chosen as not to degrade or belittle these people. We respect that they have different opinions than we do. Great response!!

G_Allen

What a partisan and misinformed commentary. I'm sure the Left still pines for the days of the Biden-Harris administration with our open borders, American weakness, forever wars, high inflation, and rising crime rates.

It is perfectly fair to look back on Trump's presidency and critique it, but how about we give him time to achieve the goals the voters supported?

So far, the record is pretty impressive. Inflation seems to be calming down. Exporters are absorbing most of the tariffs, and American manufacturing will be a long-term beneficiary of higher barriers. Yes, we might expect prices to be slightly higher, but the tradeoff to bring back industries that we need for our national defense and long-term prosperity are worth it. And there are news reports daily about overseas and domestic companies returning their manufacturing to the US to avoid tariffs. This could well be a boon to our economy in the long run, and will likely hurt our major geopolitical rival, China.

Illegal immigrants are in prison because they broke our laws, and some of them have extensive criminal backgrounds. Let them self-deport and come in through the front door, legally, if they wish. Otherwise, their days in the shadows are numbered.

The war in Ukraine did not expand under Trump's first term and likely would not have expanded had Trump immediately won a second term. As it stands, Trump is trying to delicately balance ending the fighting with the world's largest nuclear-weapon power, Russia. He can't wave the Democrats' magic wand and make Russia withdraw. Yes, he did say he would quickly end the war, but he underestimated Putin's tolerance for death and destruction to achieve his goals. But isn't it better to have tried to stop the killing than to refuse to talk to the Russians as Biden did?

Stocks go up and go down, but America's long-term economic prospects look good. Let's let Trump play out his hand and see if it works. Most voters agree that this is far better than the alternative, a President Harris.

mikerins

Don't you ever get tired of repeating the same old lies G? Your lies about Biden and Trump have been debunked repeatedly, yet still you parrot them.

Trump's record so far is even worse than his first administration, which was a debacle. Inflation is slowing, but prices aren't coming down. You know when that was also true? During Biden's administration. Yet idiots like you continued to scream about inflation, and now you claim Trump's similar results are fantastic. It's truly pathetic how blind you are to facts.

Those aren't news reports you refer to, they're Trump lies, just like his first term. Biden brought more manufacturing back than Trump (which is a dubious goal to anyone who understands the global economy even a little), and again you laud Trump and try to fault Biden.

Illegal immigrants that are a huge part of the engine that feeds and shelters are citizens are being deported illegally. No problem for you, right? It's only a problem if someone other than Trump acts illegally, you would give him free rein to trample the Constitution and our rights.

Trump can't settle the war in Ukraine because Putin owns him lock, stock and barrel after helping him win in 2016 with his admitted computer misinformation and disinformation campaign.

Most voters don't agree that this is far better than Harris. That's not a sweeping generalization you made, it's an irrelevant lie. There are many reasons there are thousands of people regularly protesting Trump's illegal and unconstitutional actions.

Anyone who accepts Trump's actions so far is completely and unquestioningly not an American patriot or supporter of democracy. With soldiers in the streets, people being illegally deported without due process (which the majority of Americans DO NOT support), the continued authoritarian moves against the free press, democratic institutions and attempts to repress anyone who tells the truth about Trump, he has managed to galvanize the American public into action in a way not seen since the Vietnam War. Real Americans will not stand for his authoritarian actions.

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