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After speech, Trump owes Scouts apology

- Audrey Frieman, PembrokePi­nes Howard Olarsch, Boynton Beach

Michael Surbaugh, chief scout executive for the Boy Scouts of America, does not need to apologize to his Scouts or us. The president of the United States should apologize not only to the Scouts but also to the entireworl­d for his misspoken words, his crassness, and his inexcusabl­e abuse of the highest office in this country.

Does President Trump not understand that we are not an absolute monarchy or a dictatorsh­ip?

American Government 101: The United States of America is a constituti­onal democracy created for the people, by the people and of the people — not your ego, not your nepotism, not your wallet, and not your inane and insane appointmen­ts. Your threats or bullying cannot change that inalienabl­e right.

How much lower must we sink before we finally wake up and react? I’m mad, I’m scared, I’m fed up. his family hadmade “tremendous” profits that came frominflue­nce he had exerted on their behalf.

It’s interestin­g to see that we have Ivanka Trump and her family garnering “huge” profits linked directly to her father, the president.

Hardly a voice is raised as “The Teflon President” and his family keep abusing the system for personal gains. Claiming to be more presidenti­al than all his predecesso­rs other than Lincoln, he still has not shownhis tax returns as his predecesso­rs have.

He has drained the swamp of D.C., and now we are left with the residual slime. The old Post Office inWashingt­on is nowowned by his family and people, lobbyists, and others arepaying apremiumto kiss the emperor’s ring.

Unlike Pakistan, our Supreme Court could never act to protect us theway theirs did.

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