Dear President Trump, You are likely not tracking that today is the one-year anniversary of when I started writing to you. It’s no doubt just a coincidence, but today someone on your correspondence team sent me another “Response to Your Message” email, so thanks for the quasi-anniversary note. I don’t think it’s a real response … Continue reading We are all in this together
Positives
Love is love
Dear President Trump, It’s nice to see a few Republican congress people showing some backbone and putting a sliver of a wedge between themselves and you regarding Devin N’s memo and what it does and doesn’t mean for the Russia investigation. It is confusing, though, that Gowdy, who apparently helped draft the memo, is now … Continue reading Love is love
Noticing
Dear President Trump, There’s one more thing from yesterday morning to tell you about. I walked in to work from where I parked along the edge of the golf course abutting the VA campus. It’s a public golf course that was built in 1915 and throughout the course, but especially along the edges, there are … Continue reading Noticing
DO NOT ENTER
Dear President Trump, I got a quite a boost this morning from reading Oprah Winfrey’s Golden Globe acceptance speech and then on my way to work seeing a middle school girl wearing a hoodie jacket that had a DO NOT ENTER symbol emblazoned across the front. The image looked exactly like the big metal street … Continue reading DO NOT ENTER
“You reap what you sow”
Dear President Trump, We got a surprise holiday card in the mail today. It was from the woman at church who got so frustrated with me a few weeks ago when she thought I took too long in the pastor’s receiving line. I know I told you how she sent an apology note, but I … Continue reading “You reap what you sow”
A good omen
Happy New Year President Trump, I understand you made an effort to be more inclusive than usual when you wished Americans a Happy New Year’s Day, calling out your supporters and friends as well as your enemies, haters, and the “very dishonest Fake News Media.” Really sends a warm, loving message to us all and … Continue reading A good omen
A magical Christmas
Dear President Trump, Have you had a happy holiday? I hope so for our sake. Given that everyone around you seems desperate to keep you content and on an even keel, I imagine there was some serious holiday engineering at your house today. Who was in charge of running the show? John Kelly or Melania? … Continue reading A magical Christmas
Let’s have holidays on our own terms
Dear President Trump, Did the Ghost of Real Life visit you last night? If so, whose dishes did you do? It would be good for you to visit different families across the country and the world, especially those dealing with war, drug gangs, and famine. You could, of course, walk to the White House kitchen … Continue reading Let’s have holidays on our own terms
The darkest night
Dear President Trump, It feels really appropriate that you signed the gift to your family and friends (aka “the tax reform bill”) on the day of the longest night of the year. I saw the WP piece this morning about your donors pledging big money to get the propaganda presses churning to sell the American … Continue reading The darkest night
Thank you
Dear President Trump, Yesterday I opted to use my character count to send you the text of the prayer I read aloud in church so I couldn’t tell you how it went. I’ll start by saying that as I’ve considered again the possibility of putting these letters out in the public forum, the 10/29 letter … Continue reading Thank you
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