Name:   Casey - Subject:   Martini Date:   6/1/2018 10:12:31 AM

I appreciate your postings but have to disagree with some of your thoughts. You are correct that I don't like a lot of what Trump is doing but you are not correct that that is why I don't like him and his lies. And, yes, all politicians 'lie'....some intentional but in some instances they just got it wrong. I did not like GW Bush's politics but he is a decent man. I did not like George Bush's (father) politics, but he is a fine man. I do not like Trumps politics, but he is a buffoon. I think that any one of the other 17 (was it 17?) other Republican candidates who were candidates in 2016 would have pretty much made the same policy changes that Trump has, but most were decent human beings. According to a number of sources that keep tabs, Trump lies approximately 6.5 times a day. These are not just mistakes....they are LIES. He is divisive, intolerant, inconsistent, and ignorant. I am NOT talking about his policy (which he doesn't seem to have) or his politics.

I have heard (almost a mantra from Fox news and the Republicans) how terrible The ACA was. I don't know about you (or your experience. I don't have personal experience because I am on Medicare [and pleased with it. Hmmm, another government program]) but all that I have spoken with (and I'll grant that is not many) that used the ACA were very pleased...a sister-in-law with breast cancer in her not-recent past with breast cancer (early 60's), the lady that cuts my hair (40's), and a nephew that is self-employed (early 30's) saw their rates of insurance drastically drop. It certainly wasn't a disaster for them. I don't speak about it with people but these have been unsolicited opinions from them.

I listen to BBC on occasion and I detest what I understand to be true about what our allies and friends from other countries now think of the USA. I love this country and am very upset what Trump is doing to us. Again, not only some of his policies but just his attitudes.