Where and when will President Trump's disrespect end?

Statesman Journal


Letter to the editor.

Me thinks many who watched the news where President Donald Trump praised the Navajo WWII vets for their contributions/service of winning the war saw it turn into a farce.

What struck me was the fact President Trump doesn’t know his history and neither does his press secretary.  Honoring the Navajo in the room where the portrait of Andrew Jackson is on prominent display is a mistake. 

Andrew Jackson  was responsible for the mass migration of Indians, the Relocation of Native American Act of 1830. These obscene migrations became the “Trail of Tears.” Someone should have at least removed Andrew’s portrait, at least temporarily.

As for calling Sen. Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas” is political rebuke, which has no business in the honoring of WWII vets. Historically, Pocahontas was  a remarkable Indian associated with Captain John Smith and the Jamestown colonial settlement.  

My question is akin to millions of others: Where are President Trump's cabinet advisers who have some brains?

- John Sheldon