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

Donald Trump's approval rating is 50%. Barack Obama's approval rating at the same point of his presidency (18 November 2011) was 44%.

Here is Kurt Schlichter's latest column.

To the editor:

Many thanks to the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board for reminding us to put the impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump in context with his presidency’s multiple other failures.

As for making historical comparisons, talking about Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton is really just a distraction. Those gifted politicians managed the ship of state in their own times and put forth policy initiatives that have endured. Each fell victim to a tragic flaw and paid the price of public humiliation.

That is far different from what we face today. Ukraine gets the spotlight simply because it provides the most actionable grounds for impeachment, yet it is inseparable from the larger pattern of this presidency. In the cases of Nixon and Clinton, their character flaws were totally separable from their larger records.

We now have an entire presidency that is impeachable. May the Democrats find a way to make that essential reality as clear as your editorial.

Glenn Pascall, Dana Point

Note from KBJ: Donald Trump is the greatest president of our lifetimes, Glenn. You'll never admit this, but you know it's true.

….that I testify about the phony Impeachment Witch Hunt. She also said I could do it in writing. Even though I did nothing wrong, and don’t like giving credibility to this No Due Process Hoax, I like the idea & will, in order to get Congress focused again, strongly consider it!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 18, 2019

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It seems to me that the facts are the facts, and it is almost impossible to believe that the stories told Wednesday by George Kent, deputy assistant secretary of state, and William Taylor, the top US diplomat in Ukraine, are not the truth, and nothing but the truth (“A day of repetition and revelation,” Page A1, Nov. 14). I was struck not only by the resumes of these two witnesses but also by how their seriousness, composure, competence, and patriotism shone through their testimony.

By contrast, the shabbiness of the Republican interrogation, especially that of Representatives Devin Nunes of California and Jim Jordan of Ohio, was magnified to the level of embarrassment for the GOP.

The entire Trump presidency has been one sordid event after another since its inception. While there was no Democratic effort to impeach from day one, as some in the GOP have suggested, there certainly was an accumulation of wrongdoing from that first day.

And while the Republicans are so intent on smearing President Obama in their efforts to defend themselves, there was no closed-door meeting by the Democrats, vowing to obstruct the new president. Such a private meeting did occur on President Obama’s first Inauguration Day, by invitation to key members of the Republican Party, wherein it was disclosed that under no circumstances would the GOP work with the new president.

No Trump tears here.

Betty Whitney

Chestnut Hill

Note from KBJ: Get some help, Betty. Your hatred for Donald Trump has disconnected you from reality.

Paul Krugman of @nytimes has been wrong about me from the very beginning. Anyone who has followed his “words of wisdom” has lost a great deal of money. Paul, just concede the game, say I was right, and lets start a brand new game! https://t.co/O6bw61vcHL

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 17, 2019

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