To the editor:

As an America First populist, I take issue with Walter Haug’s hyperbole and demagogy. The “psychopath” Mr. Haug rails against brought us four years of peace and prosperity. The Trump administration delivered:

• Unemployment among minorities, including women, was at or near record lows.
• His tax cuts garnered primarily working-class to middle-management jobs.
• Real wages grew and households earned an average of $6,000 more annually.
• Economic growth was high and inflation was low.
• The economy was humming.
• We were energy-independent and the largest exporter of natural gas worldwide.
• There were no new forever wars.
• The Abraham Accords established unprecedented cooperative relations in the Middle East.
• Croatia and Serbia instituted mutually beneficial economic ties.
• Our southern border was secure.
• A seat at the table.

President Biden has delivered:

• Astronomical inflation.
• Unprecedented homelessness.
• Rampant crime, particularly in urban centers.
• An invasion of upwards of 8 million untraceable illegal aliens.
• A war in Ukraine, whose border is unrelated to our national security.
• An emboldened China is threatening Taiwan, whose sovereignty does affect us.
• An even more unstable Yemen, with its Houthi rebels on the move.
• Iran promulgates unrest throughout the Middle East.
• A $1 trillion dollar annual payment on our ever-growing national debt.
• Destabilization of the American dollar’s dominance taking hold in the BRICS nations.
• An (in)Justice Department weaponized against the citizenry.
• Allegiance to the globalists, the elites, and the corporatists at the expense of the regular working, tax-paying American citizen.

This is not “good governance.” It’s chaos by design, ineptitude, or both. Like millions of others, I look forward to the return of peace and prosperity. 

Laura Tamagno 

Marblehead