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

Predictably, President Donald Trump is lashing out at John Bolton, just like he has done with Gen. H.R. McMaster, Jeff Sessions, Jerome Powell . . . and the list gets longer almost every day. My question is, “If these people are so terrible, what fool hired them in the first place?”

Anyone care to take a guess? The end result is that our president is increasingly surrounded by sycophants and yes-men who are as afraid of him as he is of the National Rifle Association. Draining the swamp?

Jeffrey Holst

Murrysville

Note from KBJ: President Trump doesn't tolerate mediocrity, Jeffrey. Should he? Would you?

Justice Kavanaugh should sue The Failing New York Times for all they are worth!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2019

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To the editor:

It’s hard to argue with columnist Jonah Goldberg’s characterization of the upcoming Democratic primary as “an emotive contest to prove who cares the most.” But Goldberg neglects to assess his own party’s most recent primary.

Consider how Democrats and independents typically view the 2016 GOP primary: It amounted to a demagogic contest to establish which candidate could most persuasively dog-whistle his entrenched bigotry against ethnic and religious minorities.

Really, is it so inexcusable for Democratic candidates to respond to President Trump’s divisive white nationalism by claiming to care for all Americans?

Rona Dolgin, Los Angeles

Note from KBJ: Stop projecting your divisiveness onto President Trump, Rona.

Some of the best Economic Numbers our Country has ever experienced are happening right now. This is despite a Crooked and Demented Deep State, and a probably illegal Democrat/Fake News Media Partnership the likes of which the world has never seen. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 21, 2019

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Donald Trump's approval rating is 52%. Barack Obama's approval rating at the same point of his presidency (20 September 2019) was 46%.

Regarding “Not impressed by Biden” (Letters, Sept. 17): I share the writer’s concerns, but I don’t understand why everyone keeps talking about which Democrat might do best “in a debate with President Trump.” Why on Earth would Trump participate in a rational, fact-based presidential debate? He will not. If he were to do so, he would—as always—lie, whine, rant, ramble, and say “fake news,” in which case either anyone can beat him or no one can, depending on what percentage of the American people remains tethered to reality.

Leslie Wellbaum, San Francisco

Note from KBJ: Stop projecting your fantasies onto President Trump, Leslie.