Nikita Khrushchev sent chills down my spine
I was nine years old in 1956 when I read that Russia’s Communist leader Nikita Khrushchev said, “We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade the U.S. We will destroy you from within….” I distinctly remember thinking at my tender age, “That will never happen.” And now I am horrified to see Khrushchev’s words coming true.
President Trump, in a press conference with Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the conclusion of the Helsinki summit conference, T sided with Putin saying that Russia is not tampering with our elections. “No collusion,” said Trump. He denigrated our Justice Department, our intelligence community, to the delight of Putin. I weep for America.
Barbara Fowler Orlando
Who knows what will happen?
All the criticism against President Trump regarding the summit by those who zero know about what will happen …
You talk to Putin because he’s a nuclear power that could help destroy this planet. Did POTUS hurt one thing by starting a dialogue with North Korea? Nope, and maybe will work with Russia. Tell Putin we will arm who he threatens with anti-air and anti -tank missiles. He can tell that to parents of his dead soldiers. Then tell China that Japan rearming; Japan gets our modern weapons too.
It’s OK to not do business as usual.
Alan Gordon Jacksonville
Predictable behavior
Regarding President Trump’s meeting in Helsinki with President Putin: Did anyone really expect Mr. Trump to say, or do, or act otherwise?
Les Slesnick Orlando
Abysmal performance
On the subject of the post-summit Trump-Putin press conference, it is inconceivable to me that the leader of this country, or any other for that matter, would throw his own country and all of its citizens under a train. Apparently, we have a “leader” who is incapable of even recognizing an adversary who is hostile to our national values and beliefs. Also apparently, we cannot expect the spineless Republican Party to step forward and try to positively redirect our foreign relations. SAD. It seems we are devolving from the United States of America to the Divided States of Trump. Never thought I would see the day.
Ken Perlberg Kissimmee
