To the editor: A radical election postmortem reveals what many clever analysts and huge segments of the citizens have recognized for years: Specifically, Donald Trump is commonly strategically sapient however tactically unwise (“Democrats gear up for investigations, while Republicans panic,” Nov. 6).
Tariffs to facilitate elevated employment with excessive wages and to reindustrialize in order to ease stress on provide chains in an age when globalization has earned a stench and we supply manner an excessive amount of from our main antagonist, China, make sense. Making use of them with out absolutely educating the American individuals and our provide chain companions was silly, particularly when a prickly president delighted in using financial energy to humble proud and now previously pleasant allies.
The choice to cease the onrushing nuclear weapons effort in Iran was brave and the kinetic software of our army skillful, however the post-kinetic braggadocio and unholy delay, nonetheless bedeviling us, was as unwise as ever seen by an American commander in chief. And why put the vice chairman accountable for the “peace” talks when he was apparently towards the kinetic determination all alongside?
Elon Musk is a superb industrialist, a singular expertise we’re fortunate to have as a naturalized citizen, however allying with him so intently when his antics are so unattractively theatrical was a Trump mistake.
There are various different examples that disappoint and go away us with a sense of “if solely.” Ego has ruined what might need been. Now we will anticipate two years of schadenfreude-powered, Democrat-delivered payback. Lights, digicam, motion.
Paul Bloustein, Cincinnati
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To the editor: As a center-right voter, I’m not panicking. President Trump knew that he had two years to get his agenda completed earlier than he confronted the midterms in 2026. He merely ran out of time because the inflationary results of “Bidenonomics” had been simply too nice.
As I see it, the Democrats will seemingly get fortunate, as there might be a pure capitalistic upswing within the financial system within the subsequent two years. With an improved financial system, the round firing squad generally known as the mainstream media and the Democratic Congress will most likely take one final shot at impeaching Trump. Their efforts might be lots of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
The nation has given the Democrats two years to make America economically nice once more. Trump couldn’t do it in two years, in order that they’d higher get shifting post-haste or they’ll undergo the identical penalties because the president did this yr in 2028.
Mark Walker, Yorba Linda
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To the editor: Like rats, Trump’s loyalists are flying off the sinking ship in nice numbers. You possibly can all the time decide who the nice guys are by their actions and conscience. The loyalists are outlined by their actions of the previous years to defend essentially the most corrupt president ever.
As all of us watched Trump after the midterm defeat, we anticipated him to lash out at all the things and everyone. It didn’t occur! As a substitute, he proudly recounted his many building initiatives.
Our nation doesn’t want one other HGTV program. We want this nightmare to finish.
I pray that our newly elected representatives are going to launch an avalanche of investigations and proper our sinking ship.
Joan Andersen, Apple Valley
