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Letter: The apples of deceit don’t fall far from the presidential tree

President Donald Trump and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listen as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Donald Trump and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listen as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Several weeks ago when the illness caused by cyclosporiasis was present in about five or six states, RFK Jr., the current secretary of Health and Human Services, declared in a press conference that the spread of the disease was “under control.”

Now the illness has spread dramatically and is present in almost the entire United States.

Hmm, that sure doesn’t seem like things are under control to me.

Likewise, RFK Jr.’s boss, the president, has been telling us that the war he started in Iran six months ago is under control, that we are winning, that the war will soon be over and that the Strait of Hormuz will be back to normal very soon.

I guess the apples of deceit don’t fall far from the tree with our current political leadership.

Jon Seegmiller, Salt Lake City

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