YP Letters: Stop sneering, give President Trump a fair chance

THE voters in the US did not share the casual liberal dislike and dismissal of Ronald Reagan by Peter Jay, they gave him two terms (The Yorkshire Post, January 20).

I imagine that Mr Jay sneers just as much at Leave referendum voters who, like President Trump, are winners. The left-liberal ‘elite’ in the US and Islington must be getting through a lot of indigestion remedies.

Mr Jay seems to have assumed that he, and those who agree with him, have the only possible answers to the problems of running the US. Well he now knows different.

In his campaigning Donald Trump made it clear that for him it will be ‘America First’. I wish that some politicians here would do the same, place less emphasis on what others think and wish.

If Donald Trump can meet expectations of his base, or show that he has made inroads, a second term may well be possible – how Mr Jay would hate this.

If President Trump does not want a second term, then Vice President Pence will get the nomination for 2020 and maybe the Presidency.

Alec Shelbrooke writes in 
the same edition about how few Nato members are fulfilling 
their agreed two per cent GDP defence spending pledge, Germany especially comes to mind. This will need to change. Donald Trump has already made explicit commitments to increase the size of the US Navy, a good first move.

From: Barry Foster, High Stakesby, Whitby.

AS I travel into advancing years, I often wonder if I am losing the plot. All the moaners who don’t like Brexit, and those who voted for Hillary Clinton in the US, don’t seem to be able to accept the democratic result.

One had only to see the aggression and anger on the faces of those parading around London over the weekend to see what we have in our midst – isn’t it time the media gave this bunch a rest?

I have never voted for a Labour politician in my life, nor a Tory until the last election. Unfortunately, left with the likes of Nick Clegg and now the odious Tim Farron, I had no choice.

But I did always support the majority, whatever I felt, because I loved and still love my country. We all ought be be getting behind Theresa May and the Government to get what is best for our country. Hopefully some of the money saved, and a fresh look at overseas aid, may help us to restore so many of our public services that are being taken away from us daily.

From: Terry Palmer, South Lea Avenue, Hoyland, Barnsley.

WATCHING the thousands of people demonstrating against America’s President Trump made me wonder if those people actually voted? If they did, they still lost democratically.

A bit like the UK and ‘remoaners’ taking umbridge because they lost to Brexit. I would suggest lessons in democracy should now be compulsory, not in schools but in our own Parliament.

From: Keith Chapman, Custance Walk, York.

LOOKING at the media coverage, give President Trump a break. He has only just been sworn in and the media already has him condemned and has made their minds up which is grossly unfair.

The new president has to prove himself to the people. It’s early days and already negativity reigns. I hope he proves those sceptics wrong.

From: Jean Lorriman, Huddersfield.

THE unbelievable has happened and l have just watched Donald Trump become the 45th President of the United States of America. He appears to have not one American bone in his body. His mother was pure Scots – Hebridean and Gaelic speaking. His father was born to German immigrants. Not unlike the ancestry of our own Royal family.

We are more alike, my friends, than we are unlike.

From: Dennis Whitaker, Baildon, Shipley.

NEVER more was it time for all good White House advisors to come to the aid of the party – and earn their crust!

From: Tom Howley, Wetherby.

DONALD Trump is now ruling the world from Washington DC. His frightening declaration that America will dissociate from all other countries, and will only protect the futures of its own citizens, should be a cause of concern for the rest of the world. Could there be a worse time for the UK to leave the EU?

From: Rhona C Hartley, Leeds.

WELL done, Bill Carmichael (The Yorkshire Post, January 20) – a positive, encouraging article exuding optimism instead of the usual doom and gloom.

I’m not a fan of President Trump, the man, but one thing in his favour is that he is not a politician. As a businessman, he should be able to see ways of improving the lives of US citizens, and he is certainly keen to keep Britain at the forefront rather than “the back of the queue”. The best of luck to him and his team.

Perfect size

From: Nat Wendel, Land of Green Ginger, Hull.

LIONEL Pyrah (The Yorkshire Post, January 20) claims that Yorkshire is too big to administer satisfactorily. Surely, with its five million people, Yorkshire is just about the perfect size? Not only is it broadly the same size as Scotland, but it matches several successful European countries.

Nobel honour

From: CR Atkinson, Far Banks, Honley, Holmfirth.

SAD to see the trivialisation by your obituary writer of being awarded a Nobel Prize, (Oliver Smithies, The Yorkshire Post, January 22).

‘Picked up’ surely does not accurately reflect the recognition of all that has been achieved by the person who has been awarded a Nobel Prize.