My wife wrote this open letter to the President. I couldn’t have said it better.
Dear President Trump:
When you campaigned for president, you promised to lower prices and Make America Great Again. Well, you have been in office for more than 1 month, and I have questions.
What specifically have you done to lower prices? Egg prices are exorbitant because of Bird Flu. What are you doing to combat this disease? Your administration has all but eliminated the CDC which helps to oversee programs to both combat infectious diseases and conduct research in prevention and treatment of diseases. The USDA inspectors working on Avian flu were fired and then rehired. How do these actions lower prices or Make America Great Again?
How does arbitrarily slashing/gutting federal agencies Make America Great Again? Yes, we do need to eliminate greed and corruption, but not by firing/dismissing large numbers of productive employees. Would you treat an infected finger with antibiotics or would you amputate the whole finger or hand?
How does firing hundreds of thousands of federal employees Make America Great Again?
How does gutting the food stamps program and radically reducing Medicaid funding Make America Great Again?*
How does starting a trade war with our biggest trading partners reduce prices and Make America Great Again? Tariffs raise the price of goods we purchase but don’t affect the price of goods purchased by foreigners until they reciprocate with tariffs on our exports.
How does alienating our long-term NATO allies Make America Great Again? Despite their support of the the Ukrainians, both with funding and supplies, you have completely blocked them from all peace negotiations on the Ukrainian War.
How does a blanket freeze on all approved federal grants Make America Great Again? How does it benefit education, research, health care, infrastructure or small businesses in America? Some small business owners will go out of business without these promised and expected funds.**
How do the Project 2025 agriculture policies, which are hurting farmers who are already financially struggling, Make America Great Again? For example, removing the U.S. from any association with U.N. and other efforts to push sustainable-development schemes connected to food production; and blocking funds for “climate-smart agricultural practices” that were were previously approved under the Biden Administration.
How does gutting the USAID Program Make America Great Again? How does denying food to starving children and denying vaccines and medicine that eliminate and treat life threatening illnesses in Third World Countries, Make America Great Again? “Nearly $500million in food is sitting in ports, ships and warehouses.”*** How does cutting revenues to US producers Make America Great Again? (40% of USAID’s food assistance to starving people comes from US farmers.)** How does leaving USAID workers, who are US citizens and serving in Third World countries, stranded with limited or no communication and no clear way to return home Make America Great Again?
When you say you want to make America great, who is America? America is not just the rich white people like yourself or Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos. Does no one else count? Never forget: the money for making America great comes from all Americans.