Beating on Trump...

As new olim from the US, we are appalled by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s “How can we get rid of Trump?” (Comment & Features, February 20).

With all the chaos in the world, is this all you can fill your pages with? Not only is the piece poorly written, it is totally out of sync with the views of millions of Americans.

Please be more judicial. We finally have an American president who is willing and able to stand up for the western world’s values.

LENNY and PHYLLIS HORWITZ

Herzliya Pituah

Your editorial “Trump in denial” (February 19) joins with your near-daily reprints from The New York Times and political cartoons to insult and impugn the integrity of US President Donald Trump.

If you want to find a majorleague source of antisemitism and anti-Israel feeling, why not write an editorial about the Democratic Party and the leading candidate to head its national committee? Polls show that the feelings toward Israel in the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are significantly different. A majority of Republicans favor Israel; not so for Democrats.

Certainly, there are some people on the extreme Right who harbor feelings against us. But if you look at what is happening on US campuses, it is clear that the disdain and hate for Jews in Israel comes from the left side of the spectrum. When can we expect to see an editorial that focuses on this?

Perhaps President Trump is sick and tired of being accused of antisemitism and being asked to deny it. Perhaps a small number of people who support him are antisemites, but did he say he condones them?

STEPHEN JEROME KOHN

Ra’anana

We have been inundated with articles by immigrants from Muslim countries to the US vaunting their statuses and achievements, implying both the injustice and the senselessness of recent immigration restrictions by the Trump administration (“Corroding the American dream,” Comment & Features, February 16). In most instances, these immigrants went to the US for their own good, not in order to contribute.

Let us not forget that the new restrictions would apply to countries in which the flags of the United States (and other countries, including Israel) are routinely trodden upon and burned. Viewing picture after picture showing the plight of innocent children, one’s heart naturally melts, but since when has collateral suffering (e.g., of descendants and spouses) been a determining factor of judicial decisions?

Finally, potential emigrants belong to the uppermost social and economic strata of their source populations, since they can afford the immense cost of moving to the US. By this count, they are betraying less fortunate fellow citizens whose eventual recovery (if peace comes) in an elite-shorn country is inconceivable. How much of our sympathy do these “deserters” deserve?

R. ENGLMAN

Jerusalem

I read with interest and dismay “Donald Trump’s ‘Plot Against America’” (Comment & Features, February 6), Bernard-Henri Lévy’s look at the Trump-bashing trash of left-winger Philip Roth.

I submit to you that Donald Trump is the best presidential friend of Israel since Harry Truman. He represents the Uncle Sam image and I would suggest that you do not tweak Uncle Sam’s nose too often.

Trump and millions of Evangelical Christians are about the only true friends Israel has left. In case you haven’t noticed, Evangelical Christians are solidly behind Trump and are deeply offended by claptrap as espoused by Messrs. Lévy and Roth.

Do you want us to remain in your camp or not? HENRY H. POPE Mobile, Alabama The writer describes himself as “an offended Christian.”