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Price of eggs, help
for voters missing
We went to the polls to bring down the price of eggs. While we were at it, we sent a message that mortgage rates were too high, insurance costs were zooming, and even fast food was unaffordable.
What happened?
• Rioters were released.
• The kingpin of a major drug cartel was pardoned.
• Mt. Denali was renamed back to Mt. McKinley.
• California is threatened with the withholding of resources for houses burned because they live in California.
What?
We voted for eggs, but where is there even a hint of help for the millions of real people who just wanted to bring down the price of eggs?
Robert Celeste
Fremont
America finally has
a friend in White House
I am amazed at the amount of anti-Trump opinions expressed on this page.
One might remember that President Tump, unlike past politicians, is enacting promises made into promises kept. Nothing he is doing is new. He ran on this agenda and the American people voted for this change — a policy of secure borders, keep America safe, keep America sane again. Down with DEI, endless and useless wars, men in women’s sports and locker rooms, and the list goes on.
As one lady on Jesse Watters said, “It is nice to have a friend in Washington.” We do have a president who has listened to the American people and is our friend.
Michael Erickson
Walnut Creek
Reversing TikTok ban
could hurt democracy
Re: “How Trump’s TikTok ban reprieve could work” (Page A7, Jan. 23).
The question has arisen whether President Trump has the legal right to effectively overrule a federal law (upheld by a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court), that requires that TikTok be sold by Jan. 19. The writer argues that a president has that power as a proper use of “prosecutorial discretion.” But assuming that he does possess such legal power, the question remains, should he exercise it?
In 1832, the U.S. Supreme Court made a ruling that then-President Andrew Jackson disliked. It is reputed that Jackson remarked: “John Marshall (the Chief Justice) has made his ruling; now let him enforce it.”
The separation of powers is essential to this democracy, and Trump would be well-served not to destroy what he hopes to save.
Daniel Mauthe
Livermore
Trump’s true designs
darker than oligarchy
Re: “Trump is building a U.S. oligarchy” (Page A6, Dec. 10).
In December, I wrote to draw attention to the oligarchy being formed around Donald Trump by Trump.
With his pardoning of 1,500 legally convicted Jan. 6 insurgents who attacked the Capitol at his behest because they believed the scores of lies he told about the 2020 election, we are understanding his vision for us beyond the oligarchy.
The party of law and order now has three classes: a) Trump, who is above the law; b) the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and others who will break the law for him, be convicted and then be pardoned to get ready for the next battle; and c) the rest of us.
Making America Great Again? With each passing hour, we more closely resemble a Russian dictatorship surrounded by an oligarchy and unsanctioned militia.
Barry Brynjulson
Pleasanton
Trump’s spat with
bishop bodes ill
A narcissistic injury is a type of emotional trauma that can occur when someone with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) feels like their self-image has been criticized or slighted.
Referencing Donald Trump’s belief that he was saved by God from assassination, the Rev. Mariann Budde, at the inaugural church service, said, “You have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now.” Her asking Trump to be kind and have mercy on others was a narcissistic injury to Trump, who responded with an insult to her and a request for an apology.
I believe his response says it all about the newly elected president, who felt insulted because he was asked to be kind. God help us all in the next four years.
Robert Thomas
Castro Valley
Donald Trump doing
little to meet challenges
Among Donald Trump’s “challenges” from his inauguration speech: “The corrupt establishment has extracted power and wealth from its citizens.”
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Reality: We have the greatest concentrations of wealth since the “Gilded Age” of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were proximately displayed on the inaugural stage: Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, et al. Insert tech in lieu of robber barons.
Another: Government “fails to protect law-abiding American citizens by letting in dangerous criminals across our borders.”
Reality: He pardons violent rioters injuring police while trashing the U.S. Capitol. How low will he go? What will he do with AI? How much has he and his family personally gained from crypto? How many groups of people will he victimize with fear?
I’m all for unity and civil discourse but the above and many other heinous lies and policies must be met with resistance without violence. Speak loud and clear.
Keith Layton
El Sobrante
