Where do your loyalties lie, Mr. president?
While there’s almost universal condemnation of President Donald Trump’s bootlicking Vladimir Putin and Trump’s insults of our European allies, the fallout may actually lead the world community to changes long overdue.
It’s been evident for a long time that our planet needs an effective organization such as the United Nations, but the U.N. has for a long time been feeble and unsuccessful, largely due to obstructionism by one or two members.
When it was established after World War II, it functioned successfully to heal post-war wounds, repair damage, and foster international cooperation. Those days are over.
It’s high time to recognize the importance of Germany, Japan and others by either restructuring the U.N. organization or by forming a new world body. The current five-member U.N. security council is out of date. It should be expanded to 15 with a two-thirds vote sufficient to vote on an agenda and move forward. Walt Heidenfelder, Denver
I take extreme exception with President Trump’s views about Russia’s interference with the 2016 election. The statements given by Trump are examples of an all time low in presidential behavior.
Over the past several days, he managed to disrespect four women world leaders, malign our strongest Western allies, and to offer comfort and support to Putin, a virtual dictator for 18 years who orders his minions to murder and subjugate people based on his personal agenda. Syria is just one example.
Putin will be pleased to see our American democracy sink beneath the waves and become a subject nation to the Kremlin. With Trump’s cooperation, we are half way there. I, for one, have had enough of Trump. Whether other Americans vote “right” or “left,” this is our democracy. When have you had enough of this president’s duplicity? Peg Clover Stipek, Denver
If any Democratic president did what President Trump did Monday in the Helsinki press conference, every Republican would be clamoring for immediate impeachment.
Every member of the U.S. military, intelligence community, and diplomatic corps is probably wondering how they can still work for a commander in chief who committed such treason. And the fact that he met for two hours with Putin alone with no one even taking notes is unimaginably dangerous. What could he have given away in secret? Congress must take action to stop this now! Richard Ernenwein, Littleton