Letter to the editor: Trump lacking principles

In April 2023, Anheuser-Bush using a spokesman from the LGBTQ community to pitch Bud Light enraged conservatives, including Donald Trump. Kid Rock helped instigate a boycott against Bud Light. On Feb. 6, 2024, former President Trump called for giving the company a “second chance.” Why this change of heart? Well, that very morning, Jeff Miller, a top lobbyist for the company, announced a $10,000-a-plate fundraiser for Trump. Could Trump’s announcement be encouragement for people to attend?

In the summer of 2020, then-President Trump issued an executive order intended to force TikTok to be sold to a non-Chinese affiliated company or be banned in the U.S. The courts struck down that order, but Trump continued to lambast Chinese ownership of the company. But recently, Trump hosted Jeff Yass at Mar-a-Lago. Yass is a billionaire investor in ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, and Trump is seeking his support in the presidential race. And guess what? Now there’s nothing wrong with TikTok. Suddenly, there’s no need to ban TikTok.

Also recently, the MAGA wing took complete control of the RNC. And now all funds collected may be used to pay DJT’s voluminous law bills. Imagine that.

During his presidency, Mr. “Promises Made, Promises Kept” built almost no wall; and Mexico didn’t pay for it. There was no legislation to secure the border on a permanent basis. The only major legislation was a tax cut, almost entirely for corporations and the very wealthy. Trump promised this legislation would reduce the national debt, but it did just the opposite. Under Trump the debt ballooned more than in any other 4-year presidential term. And if elected, he wants to repeat that tax cut.

This self-proclaimed $10 billion man is corrupt, amoral and in no one’s corner but his own.

Bob Gruber, Camarillo

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