to the editor: Columnist Anita Chabria's words filled my heart with sadness for all the irreversible damage President Trump has done to the careers of truly accomplished professionals (“Bondi and Noem were incompetent. But that's not the only reason they left.” April 5). Some of the women fired under the Trump administration were experts working on medical research, environmental concerns and much more.
These people who were making our lives better were fired not because they were incompetent, but perhaps (at least in part) because of their gender and/or the color of their skin.
Our world has many challenging problems and we need the most talented people available working on them. Unfortunately, the incompetence of our leadership is wasting that talent. Once lost, it is almost impossible to recover and our country will suffer for it.
Phil Beauchamp, Chino Hills
