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

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Here is Kurt Schlichter’s latest column.

Donald Trump’s approval rating is 50%. Barack Obama’s approval rating at the same point of his presidency (10 June 2011) was 47%.

Thanks for your coverage of D-Day. My mother (a teenage civilian in Honolulu), father, grandfather, father-in-law and a recently departed friend all took part in WWII.

How do we restore greatness born from our great sacrifice then?

• Express thanks for all our citizens’ work, no matter where, no matter if past or present, manual, white collar, farm work, office work, factory work, service to us, those who try to lead us and no matter the workers’ skin or religion.
• Be generous to those less fortunate, our citizens too, since we still have much good fortune.
• Recognize, no matter how you voted, that our president now views himself a dictator or king. For him, he alone got himself elected, whether or not Russia helped. His instinct gives no thanks to others but claims all credit to himself, and fires and humiliates those who disagree. This is the personality we fought on D-Day.

We can do a lot better for ourselves and our forebears, even in these unusual times.

Ken Christensen, Auburn

Note from KBJ: We finally have a president who is for the people, and Ken Christensen can’t stand it.

When will the Failing New York Times admit that their front page story on the the new Mexico deal at the Border is a FRAUD and nothing more than a badly reported “hit job” on me, something that has been going on since the first day I announced for the presidency! Sick Journalism

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 10, 2019

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To the editor:

I can’t remember reading a more tone-deaf op-ed article in the L.A. Times than Brad Schiller’s piece on the economy alone carrying President Trump to victory in 2020. This defies recent history and ignores the extraordinary behavior of this president.

First, Trump made the 2018 midterm a referendum on his performance, and the economy was doing well. Nonetheless, House Republicans were resoundingly defeated. It was a total repudiation of Trump’s performance.

Second, Trump’s approval rating (historically low) and disapproval rating (historically high) argue against his reelection.

Third, Trump’s behavior, characterized as allegedly criminal, immoral, unethical, and boorish by large swaths of the populace, is unlike that of any other president.

Schiller ignores all this and relies on an inapplicable model to all but predict a Trump victory. I advise him to pay close attention to the 2020 election results and then consider that the economy plays second fiddle when the existence of our democracy is at stake.

Ray McKown, Torrance

Note from KBJ: Practice saying “President Trump,” Ray. You’ll be saying it for five and a half more years.