The American public is not tearing apart our government and our democracy — Donald Trump and Elon Musk are, with the cowardly support of representatives who cower before this duo.

Politicians love to claim that “ the people want this “ when, in fact, no one knew such destructive actions would be taken.

As for the “mandate” that is so widely claimed, please note that approximately 155 million people voted in the 2024 presidential election, with Trump getting 49.8 percent and Harris getting 48.32 percent of the popular vote. Hardly a mandate. Further, almost 90 million people did not vote.  

Politicians love to claim that they are doing “what the public wants” when, in fact, they do not listen to millions of us.

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Please be more careful with your headlines — think before you publish.

Lauren Gainey

Clyde

(Editor’s note: The headline was a play on words related to Ken Burns documentary about our national parks titled “America’s Best Idea.” The story had comments from several retired and fired Park Service employees who discussed how the Trump-DOGE budget cuts would be damaging to the parks in our region.)