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

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Here is Kurt Schlichter’s latest column.

America (1972). The first song on the band's first album. Beautiful.

To the editor:

One of the obvious dangers of an administration that lies and misrepresents as a matter of course is that we have no reason to believe the leaders even in a real crisis.

So when Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo quickly blames Iran for explosions on two tankers in the Gulf of Oman, I do not believe him.

Are we to believe Iran instigated attacks on a Japanese vessel while the prime minister of Japan was visiting Iran to defuse tensions? The owner of the Japanese tanker has subsequently disputed U.S. accounts of the attacks. What a surprise.

This administration seems hellbent on starting a war with Iran. The president has previously shown a disdain for further wars, but he is so incompetent and so malleable that I wouldn’t put it past him to start a war if he thought it would be good for a change in the news cycle.

I do hope that good people at the Pentagon are principled and strong enough to push back on the administration before we go down a path we will inevitably regret.

Marc Chasman, Sherman Oaks

Only Fake Polls show us behind the Motley Crew. We are looking really good, but it is far too early to be focused on that. Much work to do! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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

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Straight from the most powerful office on the planet, President Trump told the American people and the world that he is above the law and that he is willing do anything to win the 2020 election (“Furor follows Trump’s take on foreign help,” Page A1, June 14). Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, enabler in chief, told Laura Ingraham of Fox News that the president “gets picked at every day,” and when questioned by reporters about Trump’s comments in an interview with George Stephanopoulos, McConnell simply walked away from the fray.

Trump’s latest idiocy provoked a rare statement from the Federal Election Commission chair, Ellen Weintraub, who said, “Let me make something 100 percent clear to the American public and anyone running for public office: It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a US election. This is not a novel concept.”

Donald Trump has made a mockery of the presidency, and that is a novel concept.

Henry A. Lowenstein

New York

Note from KBJ: Donald Trump is (already) the greatest president of my lifetime. He is making America great again, and Henry A. Lowenstein can't stand it. Guess what, Henry? We're going to elect him again! Get yourself in for therapy. Oh, wait: writing inane letters to the editor is your therapy.