Dear President Trump, I wish I could feel something other than dread and anticipatory embarrassment (a feeling I didn't even know was possible until today) about your first trip abroad as president. There are so incredibly many ways you could mess this up. When I heard you are planning to address an assembly in Saudi … Continue reading Presidential or Preening?
Peace (and War)
Deals with Devils don’t leave much for the rest of us
Dear President Trump, This morning on my run it was dark. There was a raised part of the sidewalk I didn't see and I went down hard. Fortunately I didn't break anything but I'm quite banged up and it looks like someone punched me in the mouth with rough sandpaper taped to their fist. It … Continue reading Deals with Devils don’t leave much for the rest of us
We are on to you two
Dear President Trump, I'm relieved other people with much more visibility than I'll ever have are asking out loud why you made such a dramatic turn-around in bombing Syria and whether it was motivated by a desire to put distance between your White House and Russia. I was feeling worried yesterday morning when most of … Continue reading We are on to you two
How vigorously righteous you look
Dear President Trump, You are getting a lot of props for launching nearly 60 missiles at an air base in Syria. All sorts of people are coming out saying you did the right thing by taking powerful action that communicates a strong message to Assad and also to Iran and North Korea. How vigorously righteous … Continue reading How vigorously righteous you look
More people in harm’s way
Dear President Trump, I think Masha Gessen makes some very good points in her NYT's editorial this morning. As you may or may not know, her main premise is that we who oppose you need to be careful not to stoop to exaggerating or fabricating to make our points and that there is more than … Continue reading More people in harm’s way
You underestimated us
Dear President Trump, I imagine there is much gnashing of teeth going on at your house tonight. Personally, I am enjoying imagining the unclenching of teeth going on in a great many more houses tonight as it sinks in that we can relax for a few minutes knowing our health care isn't going to be … Continue reading You underestimated us
Your karma needs all the help it can get
Dear President Trump, I think others have tried to explain how you use fake news to us before, but it wasn't until I was puzzling (again) over the apparently irrational and stupid claim that the British secret service was involved in wiretapping you that I finally understood what you are doing. Basically, no matter how … Continue reading Your karma needs all the help it can get
Sometimes the only thing I can do is pray
Dear President Trump, It's pretty late in the day for me to be writing to you but it's been an especially rough 24 hours and frankly, I've spent most of the day either trying to avoid thinking about you or trying to find a constructive way to address you. You see, I set a rule … Continue reading Sometimes the only thing I can do is pray
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