Joshua Reed Eakle in his ”Trump is an enemy of liberty” column March 24 is a piece of work. He has been educated in what is now in American colleges and universities the hate America and promote woke-ism education. Which has now reached its pinnacle of success. (“Long Beach Unified pays kids $1,400 to be leftist agitators,” March 24). Mr. Eakle has lived under three presidents and was not old enough to vote for the first one’s first term. Wisdom and maturity changes everything. Mr. Eakle’s views on President Trump are not any different than the progressives’ views since 2016 and before. What has President Trump experienced since entering politics? Spying, lying, Russian puppet, two impeachments, home raided, four indictments, and a half billion dollar fine and now James Carville advises Biden to have others do his “wet work” to “take the guy out.” I did well under Trump’s term in office as most did and was able to stay in business, but I am now like many other small and big businesses that have closed permanently. I can’t see how four more years of the same will improve anything.
— John Seibert, Laguna Niguel
Trump’s presidency
Joshua R. Eakle’s article March 24 addressing Donald Trump’s presidency was the most compressed and complete assessment of the former president that I have ever read. Every American should have a copy of this outstanding message warning us of things to come if Donald Trump ever again sets foot in the Oval Office. True Republican ideas of small government, balance the budget, law and order are no longer a top Republican priority. Trump has replaced that political philosophy with power, intimidation, revenge, hate and love of Trump, not country. But there are those, knowing the danger that the former president brings to the table, not fully realizing their freedom, the freedom of their children and grandchildren, and democracy is in jeopardy, who will still vote for him.
— Donald Peppars, Pomona
Hating on Trump
I read the hateful opinion comments March 24 and my mind instantly jumped to this question:
Is the paper going to be fair and print an almost full-page article entitled “Biden, the great unifier, has disappointed us again?”
Let’s just see what happens.
— Deborah Otterson, Long Beach
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