Trump encounters too much resistance

It is now a fact of American politics that the ascension of President Donald Trump to the presidency is phenomenal and not to be denied. This singularly unique person has attempted and so spectacularly achieved this most difficult goal.

Also, it is now a fact, and an abysmal one, that no president in the past has encountered so much resistance to his administration and his policies. This, by any standard of comparison, is unnatural and an embarrassment to this nation if it continues.

President Trump, as any person, has his peculiar faults that are unique to him, as well as an ego that is part of his persona. All presidents have quirks. They are human, and imperfect.

By attacking the president’s family, the result could be expected, as it would be for any man who has sufficient testosterone and identifies as male. And creating a fiction of Russian collusion, which is neverending, further vilifies the man and frustrates all that he tries to accomplish.

The mere fact that he is an outsider puts him in the minority in the arena of Washington politics, which in itself is difficult to navigate. His Republican allies are very few, and the defeat of the health care bill was not, by any measure of his involvement, his fault.

He has not made any real major errors in judgment that have cost American lives or treasure. What he has said, on occasion, is far less than what he has done. The man works relentlessly, which is more than can be said for many past presidents.

If this president goes down, it will be a sad day for this country. And it will be more difficult for his successor, with a new standard for what is accepted in mainstream media and public comment on what you can say and how you can attack a standing president. RICHARD S. KOSTKAS

Sewickley Heights

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act. Inaction now may well be fatal, and if it is, Republican lawmakers will bear this responsibility. LINDA HALLER Mt. Lebanon

Most people love to hate the airlines. However Jean-Luc Glorieux has crossed the line when he criticizes airline flights that he was not even a passenger on. His salvo against Delta Air Lines (“Delta’s Nonstop Flights to Paris Can be Très Tardy,” July 28) was based on information he gleaned only from the internet, as his hobby. I have taken these flights in the past without incident and in fact have one booked later this month.

For his mentioned flights, July 10 and 12, Mr. Glorieux neglected the fact that a huge weather system plagued our region during that period, at times reaching from Harrisburg to St. Louis and from the Canadian border to Missouri. This system spawned 10 tornadoes on July 10 in Indiana, the day of his noted diversion to Cleveland. If Mr. Glorieux was well-versed on “flag carrier” fuel and alternate requirements, he would not be so critical of the diversion. The flight held as long as possible but eventually had to divert due to required fuel reserves. He must also know that international alternates differ from domestic ones as the airport must have customs, catering and services available. Cleveland fit the bill, the flight was serviced and continued to Pittsburgh after the weather passed. This diversion had nothing to do with the aircraft type; at times you just can’t outlast Mother Nature.

As a society we tend to complain about things in our day-today life. It’s our nature. The Liberty Bridge, the Parkway, Steelers draft choices, gas prices, etc. As time marches on, one would think that we might change and not be so critical and perhaps be more tolerant. But if I may:

— the more that things change, the more they stay the same. SCOTT C. KERR Butler