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Maybe Trump is not totally crazy

President Trump’s furious flurry of seemingly reckless executive actions is worrisome and is angering countless people — probably even his supporters. But we had a choice of a senile president, a vice president hiding her agenda behind meaningless word salad and contradictions, and a nasty divisive ex-president.

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And voters rolled the dice against the last four years in favor of the devil they knew (or thought they knew).

Trump is a phenomenon created from fear of the extreme left. Fortunately, a one-of-a-kind one-off that will not be repeated.

I suspect that most voters disliked him (the most manic MAGAs that think he’s genius and Jesus joined as one, are the exceptions), but he won because he was seen as the lesser of three evils. Hysterical accusations of Trump being Hitler, fascist and an oligarch maybe even helped him.

Hitler was a monster. Trump is a jerk (my ultra-liberal friend said that calling Trump “Hitler” is actually insulting Hitler!).

Of course, theoretically, all it would take would be a national disaster (or an orchestrated one or an insurrection) for martial law to be declared, and voila: fascism! Now that thought will be driving the left into frothing seizures!

Despite a plethora of predictions of doom and gloom because of Trump’s tariff threats, the other nations are now negotiating with the U.S. because of the tariffs. Perhaps there is a method to his Machiavellian madness. Maybe he’s not totally crazy — just mildly deranged and purposely and purposefully scary.

President Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” Trump thought he meant, “Tweet obscenities and crush them with a crowbar!”

Trump’s risky reckless rush could be in shrewd anticipation of the looming midterm elections, when Congress could once again flip over to the Democrat side.

Leighton Loo

Mililani, Oahu

How about giving president a chance?

It would be extremely refreshing to open this paper to a political article that was not biased against President Trump.

This slanted “journalism” spewed by the major news agencies supporting liberal policies has been ongoing for years.

It’s glaringly obvious after the last election that the majority of the American people aren’t buying their story.

The very definition of journalism involves presenting news and information to the public with an objective reality. There is nothing objective about the biased political reporting from the major news agencies.

How about giving the man a chance, because that’s who the majority of Americans voted for.

Terre Hawkins

Hilo

Support for lowering the BAC threshold

My name is Jacelyn Auna, and I am in support of lowering the blood alcohol content level (for DUI) from .08% to .05%.

Research shows that even at a lower level of alcohol consumption can make an individual impaired.

There are those who make the mistake of drinking and driving, endangering their lives and others.

We really need to change the culture of alcohol consumption and have all those who do consume to be held accountable for their reckless choices. We need to separate the drinking from driving and keep our roads, communities and families, safe.

Jacelyn Auna

Hilo