by Sharon Reiss
I write in response to Dick Polman's recent opinion column, the focus of which was his own list of President Trump's failures. [“Trumps Shutdown: A list of his failures,” Jan …
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by Sharon Reiss
I write in response to Dick Polman's recent opinion column, the focus of which was his own list of President Trump's failures. [“Trumps Shutdown: A list of his failures,” Jan 25]
Mr. Polman believes that the (pointless, in my estimation) 3-day government shut-down was caused by the "toxic problem-in-chief." I wonder if he was aware that many Democrat members of Congress, as well as some of the MSM, notably, the Washington Post, believe that Chuck Schumer was the person responsible.
Mr. Polman correctly points out that "repeatedly this month, Trump signaled tentative agreement on a bi-partisan deal to save the immigrant dreamers." What Mr. Polman did not say is that the President and Mr. Schumer actually reached an agreement to grant amnesty to some 700,000 dreamers in exchange for funding the border wall. After Mr. Schumer was bombarded with criticism from some in his own party, he pulled the deal off the negotiating table.
In an effort to maintain some balance in these extremely partisan times, allow me to provide my own list of some of President Trump's successes:
I do not agree with many things that President Trump says and does, and certainly wish that he would, at times, act more "presidential." My support for him as a Presidential candidate was lukewarm at best. But I also believe that the constant, unrelenting criticism, while ignoring the many positive achievements, is disingenuous. Furthermore, it is perpetuating a divisiveness in America that will serve no one's purpose and is potentially dangerous. We have much to be thankful for as Americans. It is time for all of us to remember that.
Sharon Reiss is a Mt Airy resident and frequent contributor to the Local's reader forum.