facebook-pixel

Letter: Romney neither leads nor follows, so he should get out of the way

FILE - In this Friday Jan., 18, 2019 file photo, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, left, speaks with reporters after visiting with local officials to discuss how the four-week partial government shutdown is impacting an area with several major federal employers, including the Internal Revenue Service in Ogden, Utah. Sen. Mitt Romney says he’s “sickened” by the dishonesty the Russia investigation found in the Trump White House. Now President Donald Trump is firing back at the Utah Republican, tweeting Saturday, April 20, 2019 that if Romney “spent the same energy fighting Barack Obama as he does fighting Donald Trump, he could have won the race (maybe)!” Romney has been one of the few prominent Republicans to criticize Trump since Trump’s election. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

FILE - In this Friday Jan., 18, 2019 file photo, Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, left, speaks with reporters after visiting with local officials to discuss how the four-week partial government shutdown is impacting an area with several major federal employers, including the Internal Revenue Service in Ogden, Utah. Sen. Mitt Romney says he’s “sickened” by the dishonesty the Russia investigation found in the Trump White House. Now President Donald Trump is firing back at the Utah Republican, tweeting Saturday, April 20, 2019 that if Romney “spent the same energy fighting Barack Obama as he does fighting Donald Trump, he could have won the race (maybe)!” Romney has been one of the few prominent Republicans to criticize Trump since Trump’s election. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

When speaking about problem solving, automotive genius Lee Iacocca instructed that involved people should either “lead, follow or get out of the way.” Good advice.

When it was announced that President Donald Trump was imposing a 5% tariff on Mexican imports, Sen. Mitt Romney’s response was the usual worn-out and politically safe line of puppy snark; the government should focus on border security and the elimination of legal loopholes. Good grief!

Romney and his political pals are the government, but lacking the intellectual capacity and moral guts to solve the immigration dilemma, they continually choose to neither lead nor follow, so should get out of the way.

You can say what you will about Trump, but give the president credit for going around our inept Congress, again, and doing something to bring to an end the perpetual mess at our southern border.

All the more power to him.

Richard Ewing Davis, Stansbury Park

Submit a letter to the editor

Support free news for Utah

sltrib.com is now free to access — no subscription required. We made this decision because we believe access to trustworthy, independent news shouldn’t depend on what you can afford — especially as misinformation and AI-generated content continue to rise.

Free to read doesn’t mean free to produce. Our reporters show up every day to ask hard questions and hold powerful institutions to account. That work takes resources. As a nonprofit newsroom, we rely on support from people who believe it matters. Make a donation today to fund local news that serves Utah communities.

You can help us bring more local news to more communities today.