Voters must take back American democracy. Donald Trump dishonors those who died to protect our democracy!

Echo opinion letter published in the Sun Sentinel, a South Florida newspaper: 

Over Memorial Day Weekend, while reflecting on the brave men and women who died protecting our democracy, I found renewed strength to fight back and not allow Donald Trump and others who are in power to steal our democracy.

Each day, multiple news sources report brutality endemic in the Trump administration. The daily reporting of corruption, theft of taxpayer funds for illegal purposes, insider trading by high-level leaders and repeated violations of our Constitution and the laws. 

If you look at more than one news source, you will readily see that where there’s smoke, there’s 🔥fire.

These corrupt actions are allowed by the three branches of government, controlled by so-called fiscally conservative Republicans. I say so-called, because fiscal conservatives claim to support limited government, lower taxes, reduced spending and minimal public debt. What happened to those beliefs?

On Meet the Press, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Republican-S.C., reacted to the defeat of a Senate candidate in a Republican primary after Trump backed his rival, saying: “This is the party of Donald Trump.” Is this your Grand Old Party (aka "Growing Old Party"), or is Graham correct that it’s ruled by one man who acts like a 👑king❓

On Nov. 3, please vote for candidates who promise to take back the Congress and protect our Constitution. Otherwise, your votes will sadly reflect that you favor money over all else, or wear blinders to bigotry. Or else, are you simply brainwashed by right wing organized religion or Fox (aka "Fake❗" News❓

From — Candice Clausell, Jupiter

Donald Trump and maga Republicans have no plan for the evil and illegal World War in Iran causing Middle East instability

Trump’s war on Iran is already a muddled mess | Echo Editorial published in the Philadelphia Inquirer:

Nearly two weeks into the war, Donald Trump’s chaos and confusion have remade the world into a more dangerous place.

Donald Trump has no plan for the World War with Iran and is surrounded by unserious people like Pete Hegseth, the clownish defense secretary.

On the same day Donald Trump said the war in Iran could end “very soon,” the Defense Department declared on social media, “We have Only Just Begun to Fight.” 😟😒

The mixed messaging was in keeping with the president’s circular reasoning for his war of whim. He has cycled through an ever-changing list of reasons for starting the war, including regime change, preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, stopping terrorist proxies, and wiping out its navy.

Out of the confusion this much is clear: Trump has no idea what he is doing, and his word is no good. Nearly two weeks into the war, Trump’s chaos and confusion have remade the world into a more dangerous place.

More unsettling perhaps, it appears Trump was misled into war by Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister who faces corruption charges at home and allegations of having committed war crimes abroad. Talk about a role model. 🙄😓

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. entered the war because Israel was prepared to act first. He tried to walk back the comments but the New York Times detailed a timeline of how Netanyahu manipulated Trump.

Netanyahu has already destroyed most of Gaza. Is that the plan for Iran❓


U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) hinted at a different endgame when he said once the Iran regime is toppled, “we’re gonna make a ton of money.” (His claim makes no sense. What is a "ton of money"❓ Meaningless, just a figure of speech expression.)

Send in Trump’s profiteers, son-in-law Jared Kushner and developer Steve Witkoff. Never have two unelected and unqualified men made more money for themselves while accomplishing so little.

If only some of the U.S. firepower used to bomb Iran went to stop Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine, then Trump may have had a legitimate claim to the Nobel Peace Prize.

Instead, when asked about Russia sharing intelligence to help Iran attack U.S. warships, aircraft, and other military interests, Trump called the question “stupid.”

Trump’s continued subservience to Putin is a stunning abdication of his duty to protect and defend the United States.

Likewise, the Republicans in Congress (like Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins) remain uninterested in fulfilling their constitutional duty to act as a check on the president after voting down a resolution to halt the war in Iran.

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, the Democrat from Pennsylvania who frequently represents Mar-a-Lago, joined with the GOP in paving the way for more war. In the House, all the Republicans from Pennsylvania, including Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick from Bucks County, did the same.

No debate and just a blank check from Congress.

So, what exactly have Trump and his enablers gained by attacking Iran❓

Here’s a quick accounting:

• Oil prices surged and the stock market was whipsawed.
• The economic shock could stoke inflation and fuel the faltering job market.
• The war is costing taxpayers almost $1 billion a day.
• Seven U.S. service members died and about 140 have been injured, eight severely.
• More than 1,200 Iranians have been killed, including roughly 175 people, most of them children, at a school struck by a U.S. missile that Trump refuses to own up to.
• Thousands of Americans were left stranded in a war zone.
• Bombing Iran’s oil depots unleashed thick black smoke and a toxic rain that threatened the air quality and the food and water supply.

The inhumanity risks turning the Iranian people further against America, while making the U.S. a pariah state.

The only positive development was the removal of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s ruthless supreme leader.

However, Khamenei, 86, was replaced by his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, who is likely to continue Iran’s hard-line theocratic rule.

So, essentially Trump traded an aging ayatollah for a younger version who lost his father, wife, and a son in the attacks.

Don’t expect any olive branches from Tehran, which responded with missile and drone strikes in 10 countries across the Middle East.

The regime may be battered but it remains dangerous.

An unrestrained and vindictive Trump is also dangerous. He has no plan and is surrounded by unserious people like Pete Hegseth, the clownish defense secretary.

The White House social media account celebrated the war with a disgusting juvenile video that wove snippets of Hollywood movies and video games with real footage of the military strikes in Iran.

Goodbye to the greatest generation. The U.S. is now led by a confederacy of dunces.

Trump looked every bit the head fool as he sported a branded white baseball hat with USA emblazoned in gold that he sells for $55 on his merch website while attending the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base of the first six U.S. soldiers killed in the war.

While the war in Iran drags on, Trump is already talking about toppling Cuba.

Apparently, all the world’s a stage as the president wreaks global chaos and accomplishes little beyond sowing death, destruction, and suffering.

Donald Trump and maga Republicans never learned the prophesy: Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it in Iran

Echo opinion letter published in the CAPTimes, in Wisconsin:

Donald Trump learned nothing from previous Middle East wars.

Dear Editor: Republicans and Donald Trump madly continue their faulty reasoning and a total lack of cultural and political knowledge about other countries, hoping to bring democracy to the world while treading on our own Constitution❗.

George H.W. Bush in 1991, wanted to take out Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein (b.1937-d.2006), bringing democracy to Iraq and hoping the people would rise up and grab democracy as we know it. 

Do you remember how that went❓ Kurdish and Shia people tried to gain power, and around 30,000 were killed, according to George Packer, Atlantic writer.

Then, George W. Bush, in 2003, launched a war against the mythical weapons of mass destruction as he tried to destroy Saddam Hussein quickly, although it took much longer and killed many of our military. (Reported over 4,400 U.S. military killed in failed Operation Iraqi Freedom.)

Again, in 2026, with faulty information, Trump and his crazy Cabinet think they can take out the rulers of Iran and Venezuela, and the people will create a lovely democracy like ours and live happily ever after while Trump and his family and band of billionaires make money off the oil at our “defense” expense. 

Note the price of gasoline, Mr. Affordability❗

Trump, make up your mind*(check my postscript on X/) about which excuse you are using this time to kill thousands of Iran civilians and our military personnel while there is no guarantee for the outcome.

From Linda Bernhardt in Platteville Wisconsin

*https://x.com/julianawriter/status/2029645679547568558?s=20

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US Senator Lindsey Graham, a close ally of Trump: "This is a religious war, and we will determine the course of the Middle East for a thousand years."

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Juliana L'Heureux

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@FoxNews

First it was a war to end Iran’s nuclear bomb threat (but Iranians did not have a nuclear bomb) then a war to free the Iranian people who are now slaughtered by the thousands by American bombs & now it is a religious warIs this a trick multiple choice question