Trump’s 100th day mark

Re “In his first 100 days, Trump steamrolls government” (April 28):

What’s with all the hoopla about regarding Trump’s 100th day performance?

That benchmark was set during the FDR administration, and really isn’t a true reading of full-term accomplishments. There are 1,461 days, including a leap year, in a presidential four-year term. It’s no hidden secret that Trump is trying to work on, and complete, all the issues he spoke about during his campaign.

Dems are, and have been, putting up roadblocks at every turn to stop him without any real solutions of their own. Dems don’t understand they lost the election and the issues Trump spoke on during the campaign was validated by the majority of voting citizens overwhelmingly.

To pass or fail at something you must try, to which Trump has been inserting himself regarding those many issues. No game is won by the end of the first inning, it’s won when it’s officially over, in another 1,361 days.

— Lou Solo, Gardena

Foreign students

Re “Crackdown on student visas comes at a cost” (April 27):

As a U.S. scholar who has been a foreign student or researcher abroad (Asia, Latin America, Canada), I have some thoughts on foreign students. First, they are guests in the host country and should refrain from anything that smacks of politics. Second, they should obey the law. Third, in the past, the U.S. has been accused of promoting a “brain drain.”(Trump’s policies work against that charge.) Fourth, what if other countries should decide that U.S. students are not wanted in their universities or as researchers in their countries and close the doors on U.S. students studying or researching abroad. (What goes around can come around.)

— T. D. Proffitt, Santa Ana

Medi-Cal

Re “California put the wealthy on welfare” (April 27):

Of all the states in the union California’s deficit of what it pays the federal government over what it gets back is by far the greatest. If we find a legal loophole that allows us to mitigate this injustice we’d be foolish not to exploit it. I have no problem with Congress attempting to close this loophole, but I’d be disappointed if either of our senators voted to join 58 others to move this legislation forward.

— Ron Garber, Duarte