To the editor:
I have never written a letter to the editor before, and I’m pretty old, but I just couldn’t believe my eyes and ears watching President Trump in Puerto Rico on Tuesday. (“Trump praises hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico amid criticism of a slow response,” Oct. 3)
How dare he blame those American citizens for costing the government too much money? Wasn’t it the hurricane that did that? And throwing out paper towels to the crowd—how demeaning! He actually congratulated Puerto Ricans for having only 16 deaths!
When will his base wake up and see what a phony we have representing this wonderful country?
Joan Flack, Palm Springs
Note from KBJ: We get it, Joan. You hate Trump. Just the sight of him fills you with rage. What you must understand is that tens of millions of your fellow Americans feel otherwise. I'm 60 years old. I've never been happier with an American president than I am with Donald Trump. So while your letters may be cathartic for you to write, and may make your fellow Trump haters in Palm Springs and elsewhere happy, they make no difference, politically. I doubt that even one person who voted for Donald Trump will refrain from voting for him in 2020. Stock up on Rolaids; you're going to have indigestion for more than seven years.
