President
Trump
The White
House
1600
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
DC, 20500
23 October
2017
How do you
imagine history will remember you? Your
policies so far have done little, though they have attempted to cut funding for
the agencies that protect our clear water and air, cut health care from those
Americans who need it most, cut taxes to those who have the most to give (and need
the tax cuts the least), and have failed to offer aid and refuge to those
fleeing war and oppression.
Your off-the-cuff comments have offended women,
athletes, members of your own party, the media, veterans, American citizens in Puerto
Rico, the disabled, and many countries that have been America’s allies for
decades.
All this
noise (Twitter and otherwise) has increased the level of anger and misunderstanding
between the left and the right, polarized important issues we should be working
on, and gotten you in the headlines on a daily basis. It has increased your infamy (though not your
popularity which continues to drop according the Gallup approval polls)
But what about
history? Popularity comes and goes on a
daily basis. There are countless
examples from Hollywood, the business world, sports, and politics that show how
low once-famous people can dip. Infamy
is slower, but much the same. History,
however, takes the long view. President
Bush will be remembered for his response to 9-11. President Obama will be remembered for his
initiatives on Health Care and his restoration of America to a place of respect
internationally (culminating in his winning of the Nobel Peace Prize.)
Consider the
legacy you wish to leave when you are gone.
Regards,
Bill
Boerman-Cornell
