Letters to the Editor | Feb. 25, 2025

I met a female friend of my wife two months ago who is hearing impaired. I was so impressed with her. She is a naturalized citizen who has worked hard to get a college degree along with a master’s degree. When I met her, she was excited about starting a new job with the U.S. government. She had been fingerprinted and everything was progressing nicely. When she left our home that night, she was looking forward to this next stage in her life. I loved how hopeful she was, and I was happy for her, as she worked so hard for this opportunity.

A week later, she received an email stating the job offer had been rescinded because of one of Donald Trump’s executive orders. It is one thing to read about these executive orders, but it is another thing to put a human face on it. This injustice continues to bother me. There are so many people fired without cause, and so many job offers rescinded by Trump’s policies. What a terribly serious and awful thing it is to take away someone’s hope, and it is happening more and more in our country.

Tom Sexton, Philadelphia, Tom_Sexton@hotmail.com

President Donald Trump has ceded the moral high ground geopolitically. With his thunder and bluster about taking over Greenland, making Canada our 51st state, breaking the 1997 Panama Canal treaty, and turning Gaza into a hotel zone, we can no longer tell other countries to give up their expansionist designs. Thus, we have lost the authority to tell Russia’s Vladimir Putin he should not have invaded Ukraine, to tell China to keep its hands off Taiwan, or to tell Iran not to back its proxies in the Middle East. Indeed, if North Korea decides to invade South Korea, or if any other country decides to settle an old score, we can no longer state these actions are unacceptable. By his words, Trump has destabilized the world and has cleared the way for hostile actions across the globe.

Michael R. Seidner, Gwynedd

The lack of outrage in Congress dumbfounds me as we witness the rapid dismantling of our government and institutions. All senators and members of the House take an oath to uphold the Constitution. Many — Republicans and Democrats alike — are acquiescing to pressure and fear of losing their job by the threat of being primaried. If our representatives fail to uphold their oaths because of job preservation instead of adhering to the tenets that truly make America great, they do not deserve the honor of serving in Congress. Now is the time for courage, not cowardice.

Warren R. Heymann, Haddonfield

Donald Trump wants you to believe he is combating antisemitism with his new order titled “Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism.” But if Trump cared one bit about antisemitism, here are some additional additional measures he could take: How about not giving pardons to the convicted leaders of the two largest antisemitic white nationalist groups? How about condemning his minions when they promote antisemitic conspiracy theories? How about calling out Elon Musk when he throws out the Nazi salute? How about calling out the flood of antisemitism that pollutes his social media channel? Trump doesn’t care about antisemitism. Please don’t be fooled by his smoke and mirrors. His actions speak much louder than his hollow words.

Stefan Keller, Huntingdon Valley

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