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

Donald Trump's approval rating is 47%. Barack Obama's approval rating at the same point of his presidency (31 March 2012) was 47%.

My proposal to the politically correct Automobile Companies would lower the average price of a car to consumers by more than $3500, while at the same time making the cars substantially safer. Engines would run smoother. Positive impact on the environment! Foolish executives!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 31, 2020

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Here is Kurt Schlichter's latest column.

Articles in last Sunday’s Ideas section by Stephen Kinzer (“The coronavirus pandemic is a failure of imagination”) and Helen Branswell (“What works: How some countries are beating back the coronavirus”) stressed the international nature of the pandemic crisis. This perspective grows more important by the day. We are at a unique hour in the clock of the world.

The fall of the Soviet Union ended an era of conflicting economic systems. We are now living in a time of conflict between particularists—those who believe the interests of their particular nation, religion, or other grouping are paramount—and universalists—those who believe humanity shares a common fate.

The looming crisis of environmental chaos due to human activities coincided with a rise of particularism (President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord being a prime example). Based on this misleadership and the long, if accelerating, arc of climate disruption, too many of our citizens are still in denial.

One hopes this fast-moving pandemic will wake up enough Americans to both the interconnected nature of our world and the fact that our president is courting disaster.

David J. Weinstein

Jamaica Plain

Note from KBJ: Donald Trump is president of the United States, David. He is not president of the world. His responsibility is to do what is best for Americans. That may mean making deals with other countries, and it may not. The Paris Accord was not in our national interest, so President Trump withdrew.

Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats delayed the Workers Help/Stimulus Bill by over a week, trying to add real “junk” into the Bill. Got some bad things, having nothing to do with those affected by the Virus, included. Republicans need their votes until we WIN BACK THE HOUSE IN 2020!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 30, 2020

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