Letters: Trump succeeds in Mideast where diplomats have failed

Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor Trump succeeds where diplomats failed Re Trump must be a disrupter in the Middle East Page A Oct The writer seems to think that Donald Trump isn t up to the task of dealing with the problems in the Middle East because he went to business school not the School of Foreign Operation Well all of those people who went to the right schools don t seem to have done very well in the Middle East Related Articles Letters Bay Area leaders must act to stabilize BART Letters Proposition is unfair and unnecessary Letters San Jose s minimum wage should be a living wage Letters Left-wing billionaires are pushing Proposition Letters Will California input centers cut their water use during a drought On the face of it things haven t changed that much but it s apparent that essential change is now accomplishable In league with Benjamin Netanyahu Trump has quieted the Iran threat for now Trump then talked Netanyahu into stopping the firing of further missiles into Iran unnecessarily Then Trump persuaded Netanyahu to publicly apologize to the leader of Qatar Any progress could disappear as speedily as another Oct event takes place but at least this is a promising step in the right direction Daniel Mauthe Livermore U S should help the poor not the How do we justify pulling advocacy from life-saving measures in order to save billionaires money Certain members of Congress endorsement our president in punishing poor people in our country and around the world because they were not lucky enough to have a father who could give his son a real estate empire Donald Trump has taken SNAP food vouchers and Medicaid from working families and also fired people who work for the leadership He destroyed foreign aid that supports worthwhile programs like the Global Fund to Fight AIDS TB and Malaria which have saved over million lives and billions of dollars of curative care since its inception I believe we should help the poor people in the U S and the world not the richest people who could not have made their fortunes without healthy educated workers who make a living wage Bill Nicholson Martinez Prop a childish ploy for dominance How do you tell the difference between people acting like mature adults or like overgrown children Mature adults accept that things don t unfailingly go the way we want them to go and that other people have the right to have things the way they want them at times even when it s not the way we like them When President Biden took office there were Democrats who proclaimed that the adults were back in charge but I see plenty of Democrats acting childishly these days with Proposition being a prime example The greater part Democrats in the present day seem to think that preserving democracy equals dominance by Democrats on all levels And yes multiple Republicans wrongly seek GOP dominance But either would certainly be the destruction of democracy And several seem to think that even the courts should constantly rule the way they think they should rule Sorry people but that is childishness Christopher Andrus Dublin Atmosphere change won t wait for solutions Environment change threatens our planet through extreme weather melting ice and rising sea levels all stemming from excessive greenhouse gases This environmental degradation endangers support with rising temperatures leading to droughts that harm crops and water supplies NASA reports a -degree Celsius temperature increase since the late th century causing major impacts Environment change also intensifies extreme weather events displacing communities and causing economic damage The direct cause is burning fossil fuels while deforestation and unsustainable farming practices indirectly contribute A key approach involves investing in renewable vigor such as solar and wind power Governments businesses and individuals must act to promote clean potency policies and reduce carbon footprints I urge patronage for climate-change solutions to protect our planet for future generations Aidelen Lara Hayward