Give him some credit

I knew one of the Trump haters would write a complaining letter about Mike Masterson’s “Talking Trump” column on the Tuesday Voices page. Sure enough, the complaining letter was printed on the Thursday Voices page.

I had the opposite opinion. I was so grateful to read Mike Masterson’s very accurate but positive “Talking Trump” column. He was accurately critical of President Trump’s “[impulsive] tweets before giving reasoned thought to complex issues” and “publicizing inside matters best handled internally.” But then Masterson follows with examples of Trump’s remarkable accomplishments “despite sustained political resistance and calculated roadblocks.” This is so unlike other media commentaries that are mostly negative, including most of the Voices columns of this paper and the many hate letters with exaggerated complaints.

I assume, and hope, that President Trump and his opposition have the same motivation; the desire to make America’s individual liberty stronger, more safe, more healthy, and more prosperous and, most of all, more thankful to God for living in the most blessed country of the world. So far, I like most of President Trump’s actions (not his tweets) to get improvements that are needed. I think many Americans share my opinion; we just aren’t as mad and vocal as those who lost the election. Thanks, Mike Masterson, for giving the president some credit. RALPH MASHBURN

England