To the editor:
Jonah Goldberg touts President Trump's first-year achievements, starting with "a record number of judicial appointments, including a Supreme Court justice, [and] the defeat of Islamic State." ("Trump's end-of-year accomplishment list isn't that skimpy. Of course, the party's in charge," Opinion, Dec. 26)
Given that Republicans blocked President Obama's judicial nominations and created a record number of vacancies, the first achievement is akin to forcefully starving a population and then declaring oneself a master chef when the people finally get to eat.
The second achievement is like declaring that the forgettable Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Abraham Lincoln as president, was actually the president who won the Civil War.
Douglas Baldwin, La Cañada Flintridge
