Trump the king destroying America

It appears that Donald Trump has thrown his support to Vladimir Putin which makes him a traitor; aside from that the behavior of removing thousands of government workers under the guise that they were saving money, when in fact they are removing all the guardrails that would keep trump in line, then they propose that judges cannot have any power over turning around what Trump wants to do.

These actions are killing people as well as unemploying thousands, and where do they now get money from and what happens when they cannot shop for goods or groceries? Will they be able to pay rent or mortgage? Will there be a large spike in homelessness? Donald Trump is destroying America just to be king and he has claimed kingship.

I am very concerned my congressperson supports Musk and Trump but what will she tell the farmers in the fall when they cannot sell their grain to USAID?

Lisa McClain does not represent me, she only represents Trump and is also responsible for the deaths of those who will not get food around the world as well as those who cannot afford to live because of lack of employment. I cannot assume that all those fired by Musk can find employment.

John A. Pettinato

Memphis

DOGE, GOP bankrupting us

We are all being played. The Department of Government Efficiency is performing a very destructive act to take our attention away from bankrupting the United States. Elon Musk arguing DOGE is saving us who knows exactly with his constantly changing numbers, (maybe nothing?) we are losing dedicated and loyal federal employees and along with their departures, years of experience, knowledge and understanding in performing service to our nation. Prepare for federal government services to be curtailed, delayed, or eliminated. Musk’s actions are arbitrary and capricious and mostly, unnecessary.

Our federal government consists of (or consisted of) approximately three million employed in military and civilian positions.

Our federal government provides us our national defense, security and safety in all forms and fashions, and Postal Service (per the Constitution) for all Americans, rich or poor, urban or remote. Under three million or 0.8% of our total 335 million Americans serve us as our federal government. Within a small budget of $6 trillion, 90% of these funds cover “must pay” items including high interest on our debt, the military, border and nuclear security, food and medical safety, etc. leaving 10% of discretionary funds for Musk and DOGE to cut basically translating to the elimination of Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare.

As he’s using a chainsaw, this also cuts through all elements of our government arbitrarily. These cuts are already occurring throughout the government with no rhyme or reason, eliminating critical services: planes are crashing, people are getting sick and dying, etc.

While a lot of Americans are absorbing Fox, NewsMax, X, Truth Social, etc. and trusting in Trump-Musk “eliminating waste” while “cleaning up the government” all of us need to take the time to think and see what’s really going on and understand the impact on what we as Americans expect to receive from our government and how these “cuts” affect our friends and neighbors.

Is DOGE’s intent to Bankrupt America?

Congress is pushing through a $4.6 trillion tax cut for the most wealthy U.S. millionaires and billionaires who constitute under 6.5% of our total population.

The rest of us 93.5% are “feeding the top” folks. This current tax cut translates into a $23 trillion addition to our national deficit while feeding more wealth to our wealthiest. And Musk? He’s currently receiving $38 billion from the U.S. government and intends to take more — keep an eye out for the current situation with the FAA contract for $2.5 billion with Verizon that Starlink (i.e. Musk) plans to cancel and take over.

The entire Michigan GOP delegation to the U.S. House voted yes on this budget bill. Understand this bill has deep spending cuts to current programs that could potentially cut $800 billion from Medicaid. This targets 65% of us losing Medicaid for health coverage in Michigan.

While we are asleep at the wheel, the Trump-Musk administration intends to take away services we depend on (like Medicaid) and send the United States into bankruptcy or at a minimum (or in tandem) fill the pockets of Musk and Trump with American’s hard-earned money. The U.S. debt load will exceed 20% of our annual budget and no nation in history survives a 1 in 5 debt load (or worse as currently planned).

What you/we can do? If you’re concerned about any of this, take action.

Stand up and Be Heard. Don’t accept this as “normal.” It’s wrong, un-American and unconstitutional.

Make sure your Congressional representatives are listening to you and doing something to push back, especially where your government services are on the line.

Remind our elected officials that they’re not only subject to primary threats from Trump-Musk and that we are “the people.” We can primary them as easily as Trump-Musk can. If they’re worried about being knocked out of the race by Musk’s millions, we can protect them locally and ensure they get voted in.

Resist. Although Trump said time and time again that he had no knowledge of Project 2025, it was written by his advisors who have mostly been inserted into his cabinet positions and is now well under implementation as we speak. Read it — you’ll quickly get an understanding where Trump is headed with all this.

Hitler used his first 53 days in office as chancellor to use the German constitution to his party’s advantage and take over complete authoritative power and become the fuhrer. This is history, folks, and it’s playing out before our very eyes.

James Steven Krajnik, Colonel, USAF (Ret)

Shelby Twp.