To the editor:

Trump is hoping everyone is distracted from his disastrous 2025 Budget Bill that the Congressional Budget Office estimated would add $3.4 trillion to federal deficits over the next decade leaving millions without health insurance. 11.8 million Americans will lose health coverage under Medicaid. Here are just two of his distraction methods.

1. The Greenland fantasy. The cost to purchase Greenland which Greenland, all of NATO, and the vast majority of Americans oppose is estimated to be a minimum of $700 billion dollars. Taking it by military force would result in the collapse of NATO and possibly lead to armed conflict with NATO countries. A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers rushed to Denmark to reassure the NATO ally amid President Donald Trump’s push for a takeover of Greenland that this would be opposed by the House and the Senate.

2. Not releasing the Epstein Files. Prior to the last election Trump as well as multiple members of his administration to include the Attorney General, FBI director, and the vice president stated that the full Epstein Files would be released. Now they are totally obstructing the very law he signed and are not releasing the files. Remember Trump tried to intimidate multiple members of his own party to not vote in favor of release. He called the files a Democrat Hoax and Pam Bondi suddenly forgot she said the full client list was on her desk for review. Come November when you vote remember the damage he has done to the economy, medical care, and U.S. international standing as well as his authoritarian take over of the Justice Department and their subsequent attack on American Citizens which is totally unconstitutional. The bottom line is only “we the people” through our vote can end this insanity before it goes any further.

David Nelson

Hutchinson