When will Idaho’s delegation say ‘enough’ regarding President Trump? | Opinion

Trump

Sen. Risch, Sen. Crapo, Rep. Fulcher:

I have contacted your offices numerous times regarding the deportment of our current president.

Posing as a Jesus-like savior of the world is the mark of a person with mental issues.

His actions this term have seriously degraded the international standing of our nation.

His act of waging war against the state of Iran at Israel’s and Saudi Arabia’s behest without credible danger to our country and without the approval of Congress is in violation of our constitution.

In the event that his cabinet chooses to remove him from office, I expect you to vote “yes.”

His track record of punishing everyone without cause is unacceptable for an occupant of any government office.

If recent history is any indicator, I anticipate that this person will attempt to abolish Congress and the Supreme Court in the near future.

The alternative if you fail to act when required may include the appointment of Melania as Queen, and the sundry offspring of this president as princes and princesses.

P.S. It would be quite nice to hear from you directly without passing this issue off to one of your form letter senders.

Mark Peterson, Middleton

Tilting at windmills

Our president is tilting at windmills.

Blockading the Hormuz Strait is doing the work of the Iranians. The U.S., not Iran, is keeping oil from the world while continuing the disruption of world markets and supply chains. The price of a barrel of oil is escalating again and the price of gas at the pump has soared. This will increase our already too high inflation that the president and the GOP has promised to lower.

The president is consumed at the moment by a war of words with Pope Leo. But that seems like a much less important conflict. Besides, he isn’t winning, either.

Our nation should be our congressional delegation’s priority rather than fealty to an emperor who demonstrates daily that he no longer has a grasp on reality or that America is first.

It’s time for this old man to leave office gracefully or with a little help.

Gary Hanes, Boise

Hemp

In regards to your front page article by Michael Deeds (“It’s illegal in Boise. But ‘bigger than ever,’ this festival will celebrate it”), in his attempt to sway Statesmen readers to believe how stupid Idaho’s Republican legislators are, I’d suggest that your writers and many of your staff members get a job for a Portland newspaper. There you and your staff would feel right at home with all the libs. You can smoke your pot legally, joke about how stupid the conservatives who live in Idaho are and finally be in a place where you’d be preaching to your choir. In the meantime, please remember that no matter how many articles you keep placing in an attempt to sway more Idaho residents to think like a lib, there are still way too many conservative-thinking people in Idaho who will always vote to keep your congressmen on the right side of reason.

Jack Oberti, McCall

One Big Bogus Bill

Since 2017’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Trump has kept his box of favors open to billionaires by slashing the corporate tax rate, 35% to 21%, slipping new deductions to wealthy businesses, and giving the top 1% more than a $1 million annual tax cut. Trump’s and congressional Republicans’ “upswings” in everyday Americans’ jobs and wages never occurred.

In 2025, Trump’s Big Bogus Bill broadened and protected those tax breaks via the carried-interest loophole that lets hedge-fund managers enjoy lower rates than teachers or nurses and sustained special treatment for private-equity firms and real-estate tycoons. While America’s wealthiest take their handout, America’s working families struggle with higher costs and Republican disregard.

When a small group, the billionaire 1%, controls more wealth than the bottom half of Americans combined (true today in the USA), they gain extraordinary power to skew laws, regulations, and elections in their favor and slap a backhand to democracy.

You’ll feel this in eliminated public services, minimally funded schools, rising gas and grocery prices, higher payroll taxes, disappearing insurance, and an inability to get housing. The entity most able to reverse these trends is Congress. But that depends upon whom WE put in Congress. It depends on you.

Borg Hendrickson, Moscow

Immigration

This session, the Idaho legislature chose not to advance House Bill 656, a data tracking bill that would’ve publicized the immigration status of public school students across the state.

I appreciate the legislature recognizing that implementing data tracking requirements would place undue burden on school administrators and keep families away from schools for fear of repercussions.

As immigration enforcement across the country reaches record highs, any effort by legislators to maintain access to education and create inclusive learning environments is extremely important. A student’s education has ripple effects throughout that child’s life. It impacts their future workforce prospects, likelihood to stray away from risky activities and overall well-being.

These personal transformations will in turn strengthen our communities across the state and overall public safety for generations to come.

Thank you again to the Idaho legislature for recognizing the invaluable structure and guidance that the school and environment and teachers provide to our youth.

David Cahoon, Nampa

Trump monument

For most Americans, there is no more sacred ground than Arlington National Cemetery — especially for those of us who served and for the families of those buried there. Established in 1864, it is the final resting place of veterans from every American conflict since the Civil War — among them presidents, Supreme Court Justices, and celebrated public figures, as well as the ordinary soldiers, sailors, and airmen who bore the heaviest burden of our nation’s wars. It is also home to the Tomb of the Unknowns, guarded every hour of every day.

That sanctity is now under threat. The Trump victory monument, a vanity project championed by a president who dodged military service, would dwarf the Lincoln Memorial and desecrate the hallowed grounds of Arlington.

I urge fellow veterans to research this proposal and judge its impact for themselves. A group of Vietnam veterans, represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group, has filed suit to stop it. I hope others will join them — and that all Americans who hold Arlington sacred will make their voices heard.

Dean C. Hagerman, Meridian