Are we handing victory to Russia?
Re: “Trump says Zelenskyy is prolonging conflict,” April 24 news story
Today, your lead is another lie from President Donald Trump. Sadly, we can expect no truth or facts from him or anyone in his orbit.
I think Ukraine has the right to defend its land from the aggressor, Russia. Trump wants them to cave, as he has done in all his dealings with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. You have to wonder what Putin has on him. I’m with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Slava Ukraini and middle finger to the liar and thief.
Deborah Harvey, Thornton
Trump is apparently okay with rewarding Putin for his illegal invasion of Ukraine since it is his position that Russia gets to keep the territory that Russia now occupies.
I have been convinced that Trump is a Russian asset ever since he met with Putin in Helsinki during his first presidency and sided with Putin over our own intelligence agencies before the world.
Now, Trump is dismantling our intelligence and counterintelligence agencies as well as our cybersecurity agencies. He is also weakening our State Department and our military command. I’m sure all this is making Putin very happy, and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, as well.
Bob Wood, Monument
Selling crypto from the White House
Re: “Top investors of $TRUMP meme coin get a dinner with president,” April 24 news story
The article reports that the president invited 220 purchasers of his cryptocurrency to an “intimate” dinner at one of his golf clubs. The report calls the invitation “an astonishing escalation of the Trump family’s efforts to profit from cryptocurrencies.” That’s putting a kind face on it. More accurately, the effort is to profit astonishingly from the office of the presidency. While he cavalierly pursues policies that decimate retirement accounts, President Donald Trump carefully promotes any opportunity to leverage his office for personal gain.
Randy Livingston, Denver
A convenient way to the airport without more roads
Re: “Looking for better ways to get to the airport,” April 13 letter to the editor
My wife and I just rode the A Line to and from the airport from the 40th and Colorado Station for a recent trip. We live not far from the letter writer, near 16th Avenue and Grape Street. We moved to Denver from the D.C. area some years ago, so we know is good public transportation and horrible traffic congestion.
We paid $1.35 each (senior 3-hour ticket fare) each way. The standard fare for a 3-hour ticket is $2.75. We got rides from family to and from the station. It’s about 10 minutes away. The trains run about every 20 minutes and pretty close to the published schedule. The ride to the airport is about 30 minutes. If we drive and park at the RTD lot at 40th, we get the first 24 hours free and $2 a day thereafter. An Uber is about $8 each way.
We watched incredulously from the train the heavy traffic on Peña Boulevard while we rode an almost empty train directly to the airport terminal for a very low fare. In D.C. or anyplace else on the East Coast, that train would be packed. So, my fellow Denverites, wake up and get with the program! The A Line to the airport is a fantastic way to get to and from the airport and it requires zero additional road construction. For goodness sakes, use it!
Tim Hopkins, Denver
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