to the editor: My stomach turned when I read the despicable statements President Trump has inserted into the plaques beneath presidential portraits, including citing President Obama's signature achievement as “the highly ineffective 'Affordable Care Act'” (“Sleepy. Divisive. A Young Trump Fan: A Look at the New Plaques on the Presidential Walk of Fame,” December 18).
Unlike the other gold portraits, President Biden is represented by a photograph of a automatic pen, which Trump disparaged Biden's use and associated with his age.
True to form, Trump exalts himself on his plaque.
To think that those who reach the White House will be subjected to this atrocity is unthinkable.
Congress, I beg you to stand up against this destructive force that is tearing apart the history we hold so dear.
Judy Melto, Pasadena
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to the editor:Trump has knowing that the next president, whoever it may be, will almost immediately remove those disgusting plaques and, hopefully, jackhammer all the flashy gold “ornaments” and remove his name from all the buildings his inflated ego insisted on putting it on.
I guess it's too late to save the east wing, but I guess the next ballroom nightmare will probably need some editing too.
Christy Edwards, Woodland Hills
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to the editor: Someone should tell White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt that calling a president “the worst president in American history” or “one of the most divisive political figures in American history” does not constitute something “eloquently written” by “a student of history.”
It is, rather, childish and ignorant, and shows a complete lack of respect for the position and history itself. The “Walk of Fame” is more of an embarrassment now. The outrages perpetrated by Trump are astonishing on a daily, if not hourly, basis.
Linda Shahinian, Culver City
