A Congratulatory Letter to President Trump

November OP-ED | By: Ron Israel & the U.S. Resist News Staff | November 2024

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Dear President Trump—Congratulations on your victory in the Presidential election. Although many Americans did not vote for you, there were enough people that did that you won the election. Now you have the challenge of leading our great country and we wish you well. Please remember that you are now the leader of all our people, and not just those who voted for you. Because of that we hope you will consider to address the following needs that affect all Americans.

• The needs of America’s working class for fair and equitable tax policies, health policies that reduce the cost of care, childcare policies that enable women and men to work and raise a family, housing policies that enable everyone to have the opportunity to own their own home.
• The needs of American women to have control over their own bodies and have access to maternal and reproductive health care, including abortion.
• The needs of America’s minorities (black, Latino, Native American, and Asian Pacific American peoples) to have access to equal economic and legal opportunities.
• The needs of America’s youth to have a quality education, free from the terror of school shootings and violence; an education that prepares them with the knowledge and skills they need to contribute to the twentieth century workforce, and the understanding of our system of government that enables them to become contributing citizens to our democratic society.
• The need for all of us to benefit from having a clean environment and a world that is free from climate change.
• The need for our country to support the productive use of technology while also curtailing its harmful use; and to support a free and open media that reports on all sides of the news but does not promote misinformation.
• The need for America to continue to play a leadership role in the world; to champion universal human rights, cooperation rather than conflict between countries, the strengthening of international agencies that support our democratic values, and promote the just ends to conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon, Israel, and Ukraine.We should allow our borders to remain open to the legal entry of those from other countries seeking asylum and a better life, and who help strengthen us with their skills and cultures.
• The needs of our democratic system must be protected by a program to strengthen voting rights for all Americans, getting rid of big money in politics, and ensuring a peaceful transfer of power from election to election. We must preserve the right of all Americans to worship as they please and to peacefully protest policies they believe to be unjust. We understand that you probably don’t agree with all the concerns raised in this letter, that you have your own priorities. But we know that you are a person who has been through a lot to become President and, in your words, “make America great again.”

Therefore, we urge you to consider what we believe to be some of our country’s most important needs as described in this letter,and address them in the policies and actions of your administration. That will help ensure that you will go down in our history as a great President, a President who improved life for all Americans.

Best Wishes for a Successful Presidency,
The US RESIST NEWS Editorial Team

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