Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Donald Trump wins. It's called the bully pulpit.

Donald Trump, representing the heart and soul of the Republican Party, wants us to believe that lower taxes on corporations and the rich will benefit everyone by encouraging hiring of more workers and buying of more goods. It’s a blatant lie, called the “trickle down theory,” put forth by the right-wing to support unlimited greed on the part of the powerfully wealthy. It’s plutocracy at work.

Firstly, studies indicate that “trickle down” is an economic sham. Secondly, vast wealth held by plutocrats affords “play money,” used to buy politicians and governments and to gamble big-time in investments, destabilizing the livelihood of millions.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin just has suppressed a Treasury report concluding that increased corporate profits go mainly to investors and upper management, with less than 20 percent going to benefit the workforce. This suppression is part of the lie, a Trump-GOP swindle of America. Shame.

Hans von Briesen

Santa Fe

The Failing @nytimes set Liddle' Bob Corker up by recording his conversation. Was made to sound a fool, and that's what I am dealing with!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 10, 2017

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Abraxas (1970).

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Exactly as I've been saying for many years.

Here is Kurt Schlichter's latest column.

Those of us who did not vote for President Donald Trump last November were told to give him a chance. Many of us prayed for America to move forward together as he adjusted to the demands of his new role. We wanted him to aspire to greatness and find success because that’s what we want for America.

We have instead watched in dismay as Trump jumps from one juvenile Twitter war to another; we have watched, dumbfounded, his insensitive and tone-deaf responses to the racial powder keg set to explode; we have also watched with great concern his dangerous saber-rattling that passes for diplomacy on the world stage.

All the while, we are reminded by Trump and his followers we should not trust the fake news, unless of course, we happen to be getting that news from a source speaking of Trump in glowing terms.

Are we to blindly take Trump at his word when he has demonstrated time and again a staggering lack of basic empathy and trustworthiness necessary for the leadership role the American presidency demands?

When the next tragedy occurs, whether it be another natural disaster like Hurricane Maria or a nuclear holocaust on the Korean Peninsula, I’m sure the president will tell us how great his response has been from the ninth hole at his Bedminster, N.J., golf course.

— Jon Aguilar, Wood Dale