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

Donald Trump's approval rating is 45%. Barack Obama's approval rating at the same point of his presidency (16 July 2010) was 46%.

Here is Kurt Schlichter's latest column.

The photo on the front page of Thursday’s Post-Gazette (July 12, “Tense NATO Summit”), showing the European leaders united in their focus while President Donald Trump appears to be distracted by something in the other direction, is truly prophetic.

It speaks to a man who lives in his own world and has no clue as to what’s going on around him. God bless (and help) America.

M. PARRIS

Banksville

Our relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse thanks to many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged Witch Hunt!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 16, 2018

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German cyclist John Degenkolb, a former winner of Paris-Roubaix, had a serious accident a few years ago and has been trying to regain his form. Today it all came together. Watch his emotional interview afterward. If it doesn't give you chills, you have no heart.

Here are highlights from Stage 9 of the Tour de France.

To the editor:

Trump contradicts 28 other NATO members and claims they all agreed to his demands on military spending. Why do the media continue to headline the president’s fatuous assertions as if they may be true?

The choice to place Trump’s lie that he was victorious at the NATO summit in the headline of this article is misleading at best, irresponsible at worst, and simply reinforces the alternate reality of the president’s base.

At this point, “Trump claims the moon is made of cheese” doesn’t seem so far-fetched.

One of the reasons we have an incompetent president in the White House is the media’s habit of pretending he’s just like any other public official, when it has long been crystal clear that he’s not. I wish The Times and the rest of our news media would start covering this unrepentant, habitual liar like an unrepentant, habitual liar.

Michael Finnigan, Encino

Note from KBJ: When I read a letter like this, I thank God for Donald Trump.

Today's stage of the Tour de France, on the cobbled roads of Paris-Roubaix. Click to enlarge.