Letter: Are these the actions one expects of a president of the United States?
President Donald Trump deplanes Air Force One upon arriving at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Who is running the office of the president of the United States? I’m pretty sure it isn’t Donald Trump because his time is spent making demands for questionable changes.
For example:
Trump urged Coca-Cola to use real sugar in their Coke.He strongly suggested that the Washington Commanders change their name back to the Washington Redskins.He pressed Cracker Barrel to change their logo to the previous design.He withdrew $100 million in contracts and froze $3.2 billion in research funding at Harvard University, sought to block international student enrollment, and even threatened its tax- exempt status.What about the plane he supposedly received as a “gift” from Qatar? Is he really going to have it repurposed as his presidential plane at taxpayers’ expense and then take it with him when he’s voted out of office?He proposed, then retracted, then increased, then retracted (again and again) tariffs on multiple countries, failing to consider what effects those steps have on small businesses and large corporations as well.He sent National Guard troops to Los Angeles and then to Washington, D.C., because he could, and they were unneeded and unwelcome by both entities’ police departments.He ordered Jerome Powell to lower interest rates.He fired CDC and Federal Reserve directors and employees without cause.He cut funding to Utah State University researchers and students, and terminated research grants.He allowed HHS Director RFK, Jr. to limit COVID shots to seniors and high-risk medical patients, and canceled investments in promising medical research that will leave us ill-prepared for future health emergencies.When he has an extra minute, I would hope he could take action that would bring back the USA’s standing as the strongest, most dependable country in the world, and support our allies and Ukraine.
Connie Young, Woods Cross
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