Friday, June 9, 2017

Multitasking the letter to President Trump


President Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington DC 20500
June 6, 2017

Dear President Trump,

Judging by the fact that we have received no response to any of our letters thus far, I am assuming that answering the questions, thoughts, hopes, and pleas of the American people who elected you and have elected to write to you personally is not something that you find to be of major importance at this time. Maybe you figure you have better things to do. Maybe you think that you can better serve the American people by making speeches and setting the public agenda than by reading individual letters. However, I know that our government is a government that is very fond of paperwork and categorization, and therefore I am almost certain that every day, or perhaps every week, your receive tallies listing the subjects people are writing to the president about. With that in mind, I speak directly to you, mail room workers of the White House. Please count this letter as:

A letter angrily denouncing President Trump’s decision to withdraw America from the Paris Agreement regarding climate change.

A letter asking President Trump to delete his personal twitter account, or at least to consider how his tweets will affect the people they concern before he posts them.

A letter demanding that President Trump remove himself from anything remotely concerning the investigation into the links between his campaign and Russia.

A letter challenging President Trump to treat all Americans with respect, even those who have disagreed with him at some point.

A letter asking President Trump to abandon his attempts to reinstate his travel ban.

I realize that this is asking you to count this letter in six different categories, but I would rather not waste stamps on letters that will never get replied to, and so I am trying to be efficient and accomplish multiple tasks at once.

Sincerely,



K. 

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