This ex-Republican fears for the future
To the Editor:
In the 2024 Presidential race, 49.8% of the votes went to Donald J. Trump, who promised to reduce the costs of consumer goods, end the wars in Gaza and Ukraine and fix our immigration crisis.
To his credit, he has essentially closed our border. Below are other things that he has done in his eight months in office. Maybe you are celebrating those accomplishments, or maybe you are not. Read on and decide for yourself.
• Did you care that he cut food assistance and medical care for the poorest Americans so billionaires could keep their tax cut?
• Do you think the President should be able to ignore the Constitution?
• Did you expect him to use your tax dollars to investigate his political enemies?
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• Did you anticipate that costs would increase on consumer goods because of his tariffs?
• Did you want him to deport illegal immigrants, even those who are working and paying taxes but have been unable to get a path to citizenship because both parties have not reformed our broken system?
• Did you think using the military domestically is proper?
• Did you expect him to extort money from universities and law firms that did not support his agenda?
• Do you support cutting funds for medical research for cures for such diseases as cancer and Alzheimer’s?
• Do you think cutting less than 1% of our budget that provided food and medical services for the poorest in the world is what America should do?
• Do you think sitting Presidents should make billions of dollars personally?
• Do you think it is a good thing for the U.S. government to invest in private companies?
• Do you think rewriting history about the horrors of slavery is the right thing to do?
Well, that is President Donald J. Trump’s record. Maybe you support all of those things, but perhaps you do not! As an ex-Republican, I fear for our country that my grandchildren will inherit from this President.
Linda Arnold
Highlands
