6/30/2019

My dear Friend and president, DJT,

            Congratulations! The whole world is wondering what you are up to. David Nakumara, writing in the WP, says you are "eager to play the roles of producer and director, calling the camera shots, hyping the drama, and building public expectations for a big reveal" but I wonder if you even know what the big reveal is going to be. Do you know or are you just going with your gut? 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/beyond-freedoms-frontier-trump-scores-his-biggest-live-show-yet/2019/06/30/269f33ec-9b07-11e9-830a-21b9b36b64ad_story.html?utm_term=.a7efa1e260e6

            I'm sure that you are aware that you are following in Ike's footsteps. In Dec. 1952, he made a dramatic trip to the 38th parallel, too, but when he went bullets were still flying. Like you, he was trying to bring peace to the world. Perhaps you came up with the idea to go to the DMZ from studying his presidency and noting that he had the highest approval rating of any president since they started keeping track of such things. I know how much you love those ratings. I like to think that this whole Korea thing was inspired by your reading of my uncle, Stephen's Eisenhower biography. Am I right?

            While it's a mystery to me what exactly your plan is to get KJU to give up his nukes, I think you have figured out a brilliant plan for making the GOP happy with your foreign policy. You've got JRB and MRP in place to make it look like you are hawkish, when in reality you have no stomach for war, and would only "pull the trigger" under extreme circumstances. My guess is that you knew some guys who went to Vietnam, maybe you knew some guys who died there, and that has left you with all kinds of conflicting emotions about war that you'd prefer not to dredge up. Andrew J Bacevich opines in today's LAT that your reluctance to bomb foreign countries is a strength, not a weakness, and I tend to agree. Your voters love your tough guy image, but deep down inside, you're a teddy bear. I'll keep that our secret.

            I hope you get some rest on your flight home. You must be exhausted! 

         KEEP REMINDING YOURSELF, WINTA,

         RCA