8/19/2025

My Dear Friend & POTUS, DJT,

                  Thank you for making peace a priority & spending your day, yesterday, hosting the Euro squad. The AP reported that gratitude was the order of the day with VOZ expressing appreciation 9  times to (you) & others in the 1st minute of the brief public meeting that preceded a short news conference. They counted you using  “the T-word about a dozen times” in the big meeting & British Prime Minister Keir Starmer thanking you four times.

                  My colleague at UCD, Robert Emmons, would applaud this based on his research that “gratitude heals, energizes, & transforms lives.” He explains, “gratitude maximizes happiness in multiple ways, & one reason why gratitude works is that it helps us reframe memories of unpleasant events in such a way that it decreases their negative emotional impact.” How about starting a thank you campaign in the schools of America?

                  Speaking of gratitude, please thank Melania for sending VVP her letter about the ill effects of war on children. Emphasizing the toll of violence might help others get on board to recognize that WINTA.

                  SoW, have you called MAH yet to tell him he needs to cease firing on his own people in Burma if he wants to have an election in Dec. If no one feels safe leaving their home to cast a ballot, it’s not an election.

                  Have fun at the WH today & don’t forget to thank Susie Wiles for helping you keep the trains running on time.

                  BYBS,

                  RCA