To the editor: We don’t need a King Donald
The Chester Telegraph | Feb 12, 2025 | Comments 9
Musketeers now have access to the Treasury Department’s payment system, which disperses trillions of dollars, including Social Security checks and federal salaries. Apparently Musk’s next target is the Department of Education, which he and Trump want to eliminate altogether.
What gives Musk the authority to do this? Simple, he gave Trump’s campaign about $300 million. Until Trump and Musk dreamed up DOGE (the Department of Governmental Efficiency) and the president created it through yet another executive order, all federal departments (Treasury, Commerce, Education, etc.) were created by acts of Congress according to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution.
The DOGE dodge is one of many ongoing assaults on our Constitution and the rule of law. By summarily ceasing all foreign aid and USAID payments, Trump violated his oath of office to faithfully execute laws passed by our representatives stipulating how our tax dollars should be spent. If the president can block any program he doesn’t like, the laws Congress passes really aren’t laws, they’re just suggestions.
Firing federal prosecutors and threatening to remove FBI agents who investigated the president’s role in fueling the Jan. 6th insurrection and his withholding classified documents is especially dangerous. Not only is the president claiming immunity from prosecution for illegal acts he may perform while in office, he also wants immunity from anyone even investigating possible presidential criminality. This is a potential dictator’s dream come true.
If Americans wanted to be ruled by an autocrat, there would have been no resistance at Lexington and Concord in 1775 and no Declaration of Independence in 1776. We freed ourselves from the dictates of George III. We don’t need King Donald to replace him.
Bill Dunkel
Windham
Filed Under: Commentary • Letters to the Editor
It’s perfectly clear where government waste is happening, it’s not the social programs that feed the hungry, or house the homeless. Those are fractions of pennies, like not even a rounding error compared to the obscene subsidies we give to giant corporations, and the current plan from Republicans to gift more than 5 TRILLION dollars to the rich through another round of tax break giveaways.
That’s on top of the TRILLIONS that they have already stolen from us during the last Trump administration. The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. Truly deplorable.
Oh my goodness, I’m shocked at the comments of Mr. Stern and Ms. Baldwin. If both of you would open your eyes to actual facts and the laws of this country you’d realize how foolish and gullible both of you are. The man in the oval office is a convicted felon, habitual liar, sexual predator and narcissist and still you support him. Absolutely amazing. His hunt for waste and fraud in the federal government is finding money, not for average Americans but for the billionaire class. Time will tell about where this administration is taking this country and I fear it’s not going to be pretty and it’s people with views like yours that will have to own the outcome. The whole world is watching.
Apparently Kem Phillips’ news sources ignored reporting about the man who was imprisoned for making a stupid meme about Hillary Clinton in 2016 or the 76 year old woman sentenced for protesting at an abortion clinic or the minister who defended his young child who was pushed at an abortion clinic rally to name just 3. not to mention those Jan 6 people who were imprisoned for doing nothing more than entering the capitol and then leaving.
at least he’s on top of the climate crisis though. not such a crisis this winter, am I right?
It is sad to read Ms. Lynn Baldwin’s comment, as there is so much misinformation, as opposed to Mr. Dunkel’s factual commentary. For example, Ms. Baldwin states: “Beginning with the Obama, MCCain, Biden, Cheney, Nuland coup color revolution in Ukraine in 2014 (anyone wondering why Biden pardoned Hunter back to 2014? Burisma, Metabiota bio labs??) to impeaching President Trump for a phone call to Zelensky asking him to investigate US corruption in Ukraine….. Hmm, a ‘coup color revolution’? The EuroMaidan of 2013-2014 in Ukraine, also called the Revolution of Dignity? No color, no coup. Or is this about the Democratic Orange Revolution of 2004? Confusing, to say at least.
I searched futilely for what are called “facts” in Mr. Keith Stern’s comment. His only statement that might be mistaken for a fact is that during the Biden administration “people were imprisoned as punishment for opposing the left, period.” He gives no evidence of this or links to news stories to support it. Of course, adding the word “period” to what might be a sentence had he capitalized the first word, proves his point apparently.
Mr. Dunkle clearly reads too many fairy tales and knows so much that isn’t true in his diatribe of reactionary and hyperbolic nonsense. I find it interesting that never have Democrats been so indignant that the American people overwhelmingly voted for this President who is going to audit ALL of the books. It appears President Trump swatted the hornets nest by ripping the cover off the corruption at USAID, the main money laundering apparatus of yes……the Deep State…..the permanent UNELECTED adminstrative state that has has free reign to send billions and trillions of US Taxpayer money to all their favored special interests around the world. Beginning with the Obama, MCCain, Biden, Cheney, Nuland coup color revolution in Ukraine in 2014 (anyone wondering why Biden pardoned Hunter back to 2014? Burisma, Metabiota bio labs??) to impeaching President Trump for a phone call to Zelensky asking him to investigate US corruption in Ukraine…..to the FBI illegally wiretapping the Trump campaign, and President Trump in the Oval Office, Biden CIA embedded in Twitter and Facebook to censor Americans from talking about it…..NY changing the statue of limitations to prosecute Trump with fake charges with activist Left wing Judges who’s family members made millions off the trials……to the JC committee illegally destroying all of the evidence of J6 and refusing to allow the Capitol Police Chief to testify about Pelosi and McConnel refusing to allow National Guard to help, to the emerging evidence that there may have been up to 250 FBI agents and Antifa in the initial crowd that stormed the Capitol. So a Federal Judge thinks he can tell the President and the Treasury Secretary they cannot have access to the payment systems of the US Treasury haha! All the Democrats have now is their corrupt lawfare corrupt Obama judges since the American people kicked them out of power and overwhelmingly rejected what the Democrats were offering. Sorry, you lose this round. Democrat corruption is going to be ripped wide open for all of the world to see. This is what America voted for in 2024. Deal with it.
Why is it that most it seems want rampant waste and corruption to continue? it is very telling for sure. the attacks on Elon Musk are hilarious I must say.
as for the attack on Trump in this letter it’s funny that the author completely ignores what went on during the previous 4 years. people were imprisoned as punishment for opposing the left, period. Trump was convicted on non-existent crimes where there was no victim and multiple business people said that what he was charged with was standard procedures.
I’ll enjoy reading the absurd comments about Trump while he makes the country safer and stronger.
It looks like no previous president has really review where our tax payers money is going? I agree a complete review is in order. From what I heard so far? I can not wait to hear final results! Why would you block this? Are you afraid of how much waste has been going on? Or just it wasn’t your idea? We are caring people and country. We can not fund the worlds problem when we as a country have so many here
if they can stop any of the waste and stealing i am all for doge