Trump inauguration

I am not sure why I should be surprised by your decision to juxtapose a protest photo next to a photo of the swearing in of Donald Trump, both under a lead headline saying “Trump presidency begins with mass protests” (January 22). This diminishes the impact of Trump becoming president of the United States, Israel’s most supportive and closest ally.

I estimate that you devoted at least 80% of your content about the inauguration to negativity and protests rather than capturing the celebratory nature of the moment for millions of Americans and the Trump family. Somehow, I had hoped that Trump would be given at least a few days free of bashing and negativity. SIDNEY (SHOLOM) STRAJCHER

Jerusalem

How sad that the significant speech of President Donald Trump is given such short shrift in your newspaper.

Since Shabbat prevented many in Israel from following inaugural events directly, The Jerusalem Post should have covered the speech in much more detail than the less-than eighth of a page of actual quotes. Instead, we got a full page of expanded quotes from anti-Trump protesters, with considerable photo coverage of the same on Page 2, and even more anti-Trump articles on Page 3.

Without ignoring the significant protests, the speech deserved (and good journalism demanded) considerably more coverage. PHIL LUGOSI

Jerusalem