WTF? at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Is the firing of federal workers charged with protecting our nation’s nuclear weapons a smart move?  Is shutting down efforts to fight pandemics just as a deadly Ebola outbreak is spreading in Africa good for us?  What about the purge of talented generals, diplomats and spies at a time when rivals like China and Russia are trying to expand their global reach a good move for our national security?

Does anyone really think deleting tributes to the Tuskegee Airmen by the DOD Secretary Hegseth makes us more safe?  Is the closing of embassies and consulates enabling China to open more new embassies and consulates around the world?  China now has more than the United States.  Compared with military action, isn’t diplomacy cost-effective? 

Should top administration officials share military plans on a commercial messaging app? Can we taxpayers afford to buy Greenland?  Will American citizens support a hostile takeover of Greenland?

The administration has fired or defunded thousands of scientific researchers.  Isn’t science a force for good?  Hasn’t it contained disease?  Won’t it help us in the competition with China?  Doesn’t it attract the kind of immigrants the president says he wants?

How does revenge and retribution help the needs of ordinary folk?  Is the administration focusing enough on lowering prices?

If any reader of this newspaper has answers to some or all of these questions, pleased respond.

Peggy Perkins

Winder