His Limping Legacy

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I guess our Boise newspaper, The Idaho Statesman, today had a column of letters written by Idaho residents with their personal concerns regarding Trump's running of the United States that was directed to our senators. Here is just one of the letters written: Trump monument For most Americans, there is no more sacred ground than Arlington National Cemetery - especially for those of us who served and for the families of those buried there. Established in 1864, it is the final resting place of veterans from every American conflict since the Civil War - among them presidents, Supreme Court Justices, and celebrated public figures, as well as the ordinary soldiers, sailors, and airmen who bore the heaviest burden of our nation’s wars. It is also home to the Tomb of the Unknowns, guarded every hour of every day. That sanctity is now under threat. The Trump victory monument, a vanity project championed by a president who dodged military service, would dwarf the Lincoln Memorial and desecrate the hallowed grounds of Arlington. I urge fellow veterans to research this proposal and judge its impact for themselves. A group of Vietnam veterans, represented by Public Citizen Litigation Group, has filed suit to stop it. I hope others will join them - and that all Americans who hold Arlington sacred will make their voices heard. Dean C. Hagerman, Meridian +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Trump is so self-involved. He cares nothing about our country. He wants his legacy plastered all over it but doesn't respect its earlier presidents or what we have chosen to do to honor them. All of the many things he is wanting done in his name should be given by the people not himself. It is so disgusting to see him time after time pushing to get things like the monument mentioned above done to add to his legacy when all it will do is show what a thoroughly UNamerican this little man is.