{"id":405,"date":"2025-08-06T19:09:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenville-nc.com\/?p=405"},"modified":"2025-08-19T10:33:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T10:33:11","slug":"of-course-our-thin-skinned-president-retaliates-over-unfavorable-jobs-report-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.greenville-nc.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/06\/of-course-our-thin-skinned-president-retaliates-over-unfavorable-jobs-report-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Of course, our thin-skinned president retaliates over unfavorable jobs report (Letters)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Thin-skinned president retaliates<\/h4>\n<p>Re: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/08\/01\/us-economy-jobs-report-july\/\">President blames poor jobs report on statistics chief, calls for her firing<\/a>,&#8221; Aug. 2 news story<\/p>\n<p>I hope everyone appreciates the fact that we have a president who thinks he knows more about everything than anybody, no matter their level of expertise, and has no difficulty getting rid of anyone who doesn\u2019t agree with him or provides information he doesn\u2019t like.<\/p>\n<p>If the director of the Bureau of Labor Statistics gives a poor job report, she\u2019s fired. Of course, as a Biden appointee, it was regarded as a political ploy to make him and the Republicans look bad, since well, the president is perfect in all things. Never mind that the U.S. government\u2019s data has been considered the \u201cgold standard\u201d of economic measurement globally, and economists and Wall Street investors have long considered these findings valid for decades.<\/p>\n<p>We must understand that everything that is in any way critical of the Trump administration is portrayed as politically motivated, and\/or is just plain wrong, and must be corrected by hiring the right people to recognize that Trump is always and consistently right &#8230; about everything. We\u2019re so fortunate that we don\u2019t have to waste our time thinking for ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cindy Clearman, Arvada<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Questioning the purpose of Crow&#8217;s visit<\/h4>\n<p>Re: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/07\/30\/joe-neguse-lawsuit-ice-detention-access\/\">Crow, Neguse sue ICE over lack of access to facilities<\/a>,&#8221; July 31 news story<\/p>\n<p>Recently, U.S. Rep. Jason Crow attempted an unannounced visit to the Aurora ICE facility on a Sunday. He wanted to make sure the illegal immigrants had proper care. He was denied entrance. ICE has a 72-hour notice, but Crow&#8217;s law says that the representatives can show up unannounced. Shortly after this occurred, Crow filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration. Was this his real purpose?\u00a0 Who is going to pay for the lawsuit and its defense?\u00a0 Is it us, the taxpayers? It has been well said that &#8220;lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Dianne Moyers, Centennial<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Leaders should uphold the freedoms we fought for<\/h4>\n<p>As a proud veteran of the United States military, I pledged to defend our nation\u2019s freedoms &#8212; an oath that does not expire with military service. I am compelled to voice my concerns over President Donald Trump\u2019s presidency, which threatens the democratic values I swore to protect.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\">\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\" data-curated-ids=\"\" data-relation-type=\"automatic-primary-tag\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/08\/15\/colorado-hiring-rebounds-jobs-unemployment\/\" title=\"Colorado hiring rebounds in July following losses in June\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tColorado hiring rebounds in July following losses in June\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/08\/12\/inflation-prices-cpi-economy\/\" title=\"Metro Denver inflation holds steady ahead of upcoming tariffs\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tMetro Denver inflation holds steady ahead of upcoming tariffs\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2025\/06\/30\/colorado-private-sector-job-growth\/\" title=\"Has private sector hiring, after months of weakness, finally fired up in Colorado?\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tHas private sector hiring, after months of weakness, finally fired up in Colorado?\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Trump\u2019s presidency is marked by division, as he routinely uses fear to pit Americans against one another. His disrespect for troops and veterans is well-documented, from disparaging fallen heroes to advocating policies that harm military families. Finally, his continued disregard for the rule of law by ignoring court orders, the constitution of our country, and deploying U.S. troops against our own citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Veterans understand the weight of our duty: to defend America against all threats to our democracy. Trump\u2019s actions and words have demonstrated that he will abuse his power for personal gain and take away the basic freedoms we served to protect.<\/p>\n<p>Let us honor our service by supporting a future that upholds the freedoms we fought for. We need leaders who respect our institutions, who unite rather than divide, and who truly value the sacrifices of those who serve.<\/p>\n<p><em>Patrick Lagutaris, Boulder<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.denverpost.com\/dp\/preference\">Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns, editorials and more. <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/submit-letter\/\">online<\/a> or check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2013\/07\/09\/submission-guidelines-and-contact-information\/\">guidelines<\/a> for how to submit by email or mail.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thin-skinned president retaliates Re: &#8220;President blames poor jobs report on statistics chief, calls for her firing,&#8221; Aug. 2 news story I hope everyone appreciates the fact that we have a president who thinks he knows more about everything than anybody,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greenville-nc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greenville-nc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greenville-nc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greenville-nc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greenville-nc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.greenville-nc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":406,"href":"http:\/\/www.greenville-nc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions\/406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greenville-nc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greenville-nc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greenville-nc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greenville-nc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}