Dear Editor,
I often wonder why some people constantly criticize President Trump and his administration. They nitpick every imaginary issue, most of it fabricated by opponents trying to undermine his agenda to make America great. What’s in it for them? Why would anyone not want America to succeed? They clearly reject America First policies and ignore the real gains made during Trump’s second term. Nobody has to like Trump’s personality — shaped as it is by years of weaponized attacks aimed at imprisoning him and smearing his name and his family. But why the concerted effort to spread misinformation? Why not offer real solutions instead of constant complaints?
It hit me: this is all they’ve got. All the Democrats have are lies about Trump and the hope that America fails.
Here’s the pattern. A negative rumor starts. The mainstream media amplifies it. Democratic members of Congress repeat and spread it. Eventually it’s debunked — sometimes with an apology, often without one. By then, the damage is done, and the media’s followers already believe the hoax. Some debunked examples include Russian interference and collusion, election subversion and January 6th, business practices and fraud, sexual misconduct and defamation, policy and executive power controversies, and having the Supreme Court in his back pocket. All have been proven false but continue to fuel the rage against the President. In reference to the Supreme Court, Trump has won as many cases as he has lost. That seems fair to me. And when Trump loses, he obeys and follows the rule of law. He may make negative comments about it, but he never breaks the law.
Repeat spreading hoaxes for over a decade, going all the way back to the escalator ride at Trump Tower, and you start to see how it would wear on anyone’s spirit. It’s also why Trump says provocative things — like floating a name change for New Mexico. He’s not serious. He knows it’ll send the left into a frenzy, and after everything they’ve thrown at him, why not enjoy the reaction?
Trump’s Achievements
* A secured border
* A smaller federal government
* Record-low crime rates
* Record-low unemployment
* Record investment in the country
* A manufacturing boom, with jobs returning from overseas
* No tax on tips, overtime, SS income
* A record-high stock market
* Record-high military recruitment
* Lower prescription drug prices through most-favored-nation pricing
* Trump Accounts established for every child 18 and under
* Energy independence, with the U.S. now a net energy exporter
* Iran blocked from obtaining a nuclear weapon, with resolution close at hand
* Gas prices lower than their peak under the Biden administration
* Real wage increases
* Freed hostages through negotiation without paying money or trading prisoners
* Millions in taxpayer savings from rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse
For too long, foreign and domestic entities have taken advantage of the American taxpayer. Trump is the first president to treat that seriously. Many of the achievements above will take time to realize. Factories are being built now, giving jobs to construction workers, but when online will employ many more.
The AI Debate
The latest hoax is the hysteria around AI development. Critics claim data centers waste water, generate excessive noise, and risk spawning a superintelligence that could threaten humanity within the decade. This is fearmongering, timed to the midterms and aimed at one outcome: making sure America loses the AI race to China. Remember — when Democrats say they want America to fail, what they really mean is they want Trump to fail. That’s derangement, not policy.
President Trump backs frontier AI development because of its upside: breakthroughs in cancer and drug research, earlier disease detection, faster learning for students, cleaner industry, and a better quality of life overall. The alternative is trusting alarmists with a poor track record — the same crowd that predicted climate catastrophe years ago, and yet here we still are.
Trump has driven record investment in frontier AI to keep America ahead. China, meanwhile, benefits from a psyop pushing hysteria that leads to overregulation — regulation that would slow down American progress. Data centers already recycle water, generate or supplement their own power, and often invest directly in their communities through parks, lower property taxes, and school funding. These companies already operate under laws that protect the public and limit their conduct. More government regulation isn’t the answer — government has a track record of complicating things it touches.
This is political, and it plays into the hands of adversaries who benefit if America falls behind in AI. Why is this debate happening now? Maybe because lies about Trump and the hope that America fails are all the Democrats have left.
Victor Grippi
I Really don’t know where you get your information .Trump has tanked the Economy . He’s started a Needless war Gas Prices are doubled. Same with everything else.Where do you live??Yes the Democrats hold him accountable Where have the Republicans been??So I wouldn’t go praising either one they just cost all Americans money
Economic growth, GDP, is now estimated at 5.1% for the third quarter. This is unheard of and indicates a robust, growing economy. More people are working now than ever before, and these are private-sector jobs, not government jobs, which were the only ones Biden could get. Unemployment is low, and real wages are higher, helping offset inflation. There will always be some inflation; otherwise, the economy goes into a recession, but prices are hard to bring down once inflation pushes them up. And the last administration pushed them up over 9% at one point.
Under Biden, the national average price of gasoline hit $5.02 per gallon in June 2022, the official weekly peak reported by AAA and the EIA. Under Trump, the national average is currently $4.29 per gallon. Still bad and could be better, but I don’t remember all the complaints in 2022. Prices will drop once the war is over and we can all feel safer without the threat from Iran.
I think you must be living in an alternate universe.
I get that people feel strongly about Trump, but saying all criticism is “made up” just doesn’t line up with the public record. A lot of the concerns people raise come from court rulings, official investigations, and Trump’s own statements — not imaginary hoaxes. Disagreeing with a president isn’t the same as wanting America to fail.
Plenty of issues weren’t “proven false.” Russian interference was confirmed by Trump’s own agencies. January 6th led to over a thousand prosecutions. Trump has lost multiple civil cases on business practices and defamation. These aren’t rumors — they’re legal outcomes.
And some of the listed “achievements” are not documented: military recruitment is down, taxes on tips and Social Security have not been eliminated, and energy independence started before Trump’s second term. People are not rejecting America’s success; they’re questioning whether the claims match reality.
The AI debate is not a hoax either. Concerns about water use, energy demand, and safety come from engineers and industry leaders across the political spectrum. Wanting responsible development doesn’t mean wanting China to win.
Bottom line: Most Americans want the country to thrive. They just disagree about Trump’s decisions and the direction of the country. That is democracy — not derangement.
I love my country, I am a democrat and I speak truth that can be fact checked.
The Democratic Party isn’t the one you joined, and it certainly isn’t my parents’ Democratic Party. Today, they are helping to elect far-left DSA members, and the published platform of these socialists reads straight out of the Communist Manifesto. This isn’t trivial or isolated. It only takes a few to form a caucus in Congress and begin moving the country away from the Constitution and our Republic form of government. Which, by the way, has made us the greatest country in the world.
I try to look at the big picture. At what Trump has accomplished and is trying to accomplish. Not at some silly remark he makes, or when he floats a name change for New Mexico just to enjoy the reaction of the left. Remember, after all they did to him for over a decade, why not enjoy the reaction? Or if he wants to build a ballroom with private money. So what? Why not make the nation’s capital as grand as the country and people it represents?
Jobs are coming back from overseas; manufacturing is rising. This is not debatable; it is fact. We have stopped China from encroaching on our hemisphere by getting Venezuela out of the Chinese camp and into the American camp. Trump also got China out of controlling the Panama Canal. Probably didn’t hear much about this in the media.
The recent deal in Greenland is great for America. We keep it away from China, which wants the rare earth minerals and to control the Arctic trade routes. Now, because of Trump, we protect the Arctic route, which overhead, is where the missiles from China or Russia will come from if it ever gets to that.
All this and more to protect and put America First after decades of decline and being taken to the cleaners by other countries. Try to look at that and not the color of the drapes in the Oval Office.
Forgot to add to my above claims that the poverty rate is the lowest in decades. This is another sign of a thriving economy. And it is not from the past administration. Name one of my above claims that is not true as of the date it was published.
As for the AI hoax statement, the hoax is that all of humanity will end in a few years. This is fearmongering and meant to scare people into taking irrational action. It is not true. AI does not act or think on its own. It needs a human prompt; it is not sentient and will not be anytime soon, if ever. AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic want big government regulation to stop competitors from catching up. And so does China, so it can catch up.
Just like when airlines were heavily regulated, once we removed the regulation, airfare prices fell due to competition, and American consumers benefited.
Yes, we need AI regulation, but not from big government. Laws already protect consumers, and if any software acts maliciously or causes damage, its creators are liable. Trump’s AI summit yesterday worked out an agreement for these companies to self-regulate and established monitoring protocols. If anything happens, they will be liable. If they believe they are creating a monster, they better terminate it and fast.