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 (23 August 2011) was 44%.

Truly, on numerous days, hours and even minutes, President Donald Trump says outrageous things through voice or tweets. His line “any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat, I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty” is horrid and has put me through the roof.

How dare he say this? How dare he demean the Jewish population? I am just so appalled that he is allowed to say what spews out of his mouth. I can only imagine how others feel who are targeted. But now, for me, he has hit my religion and me personally. I am so upset, I don’t even know where to put this anger. One can only hope that in 2020 he will be gone and out of the public domain forever.

Wendy Wands, Woodinville

Note from KBJ: How is President Trump demeaning "the Jewish population," Wendy? He is questioning their loyalty to Israel.

94% Approval Rating within the Republican Party. Thank you!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 23, 2019

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Here is Kurt Schlichter's latest column.

As a former New Yorker and contemporary of our current president, I remember visiting the homes of friends whose parents had numbers tattooed on their arms.

In the 1950s, very little was said about the cause and origins of those numbers, as I’m sure that the memories of the atrocities they were subjected to was still very fresh in their minds. Anti-Semitism was very present in those days, though often very subtle. Reading the article “Trump: Jews are disloyal if voting for Dems” (Aug. 21) is beyond cringeworthy.

As a retired U.S. Navy officer and secular Jew, I have to believe that our current president, unfortunately, is indeed the racist in chief.

Stephen Gelman, Moraga

Note from KBJ: Stop projecting your racism onto President Trump, Stephen.

The Economy is doing really well. The Federal Reserve can easily make it Record Setting! The question is being asked, why are we paying much more in interest than Germany and certain other countries? Be early (for a change), not late. Let America win big, rather than just win!

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

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