Look at the history: Trump can’t be believed

Under oath, former FBI Director James Comey called President Donald Trump out on lying five times. He accused the White House of “lies, plain and simple.” His testimony came before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on June 8.

Both the Republican and Democratic leaders of the committee said on June 8 that they believed Mr. Comey’s account of the events. Mr. Trump at a news conference on June 9 said Mr. Comey lied in his testimony to the Senate committee.

Let’s look at Mr. Trump’s veracity: He lied about President Barack Obama not being born in the United States. He lied when he told the public that he will release his tax returns. He lied when he stated that deals struck on his first foreign trip as president made and saved “millions of jobs.” He was not truthful when he claimed there was serious voter fraud in New Hampshire, Virginia and California. He was not truthful when he stated that he won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.

Mr. Trump lied to students of the now-closed Trump University about the education and success they would get from paying and attending. In January he paid $25 million to settle their claims. Mr. Trump lied when he said he watched on TV as thousands of Muslims in New Jersey cheered as the Twin Towers crumbled on 9/11. He lied when he said that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s father was involved in the assassination of JFK.

Mr. Trump will not say if tapes of his meeting with Mr. Comey exist and, if they do, when he will release them. He also claims that “100 percent” he will be willing to be questioned under oath. I won’t be holding my breath while waiting for the truth from Donald Trump. AL ANDREWS Mt. Lebanon

Mr. Trump’s agenda is stalled in Congress so he has resorted to executive orders. He had signed 32 executive orders in his first 100 days in office, the most of any president since World War II. Curiously enough, Mr. Trump railed against the use of executive orders during his campaign as a sign of a president’s failure to lead.

His insane tweeting has created diplomatic problems abroad and is both a national and international embarrassment. His interference in the investigation of Russia’s meddling in our 2016 election and his apparent lack of concern are very disturbing.

My question is: Why do 34 percent of Americans still support President Trump? JOSEPH P. CORNIBE

McCandless

I’m having a hard time with the self-proclaimed authority figures who make the news as though they speak for all Pennsylvanians or, at minimum, Allegheny County residents.

The biggest current offender is Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto. Who aired campaign ads as though he were running against President Donald Trump for mayor? Even if a Republican candidate walked on water in Allegheny County, for generations many have walked with blinders on to the voting polls and pull that straight Democratic lever. That’s most likely the reason so many people have been in shock since last November. I need to add here that U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle hasn’t been representing a positive prospective lately either.

Global warming and climate change are topics that are still under scrutiny for validity. If you are so concerned with “global” issues, look at your own “personal carbon footprint.”

How many cars are in your driveway? What did you contribute to the landfills over the recent years: disposable diapers, televisions, cell phones, computers, stereo components? Yeah, let’s light up the buildings at night in a hue of green that’ll show them we mean business.

In actual dollars, what would staying in the Paris accords cost the U.S.? Getting the lead out of drinking water in Pittsburgh should be Mr. Peduto’s agenda, not sniping at D.C.

I think Pittsburgh being mentioned with special interest by the president is something to be proud of; however, the mayor took it a whole other way. I wouldn’t blame the president if he felt, after this hell with Pittsburgh, that there are other cities within the U.S. that we can assist that wouldn’t act like know-it-alls. KAREN PETRUS

North Versailles