Trump put his life on the line and deserves another chance

A lot of people seem to have a clearly formed opinion of Donald J. Trump.

A lot of the negative opinions are due to a dislike of his style and personality, not necessarily his results when he was president. But we know how he will govern; he was there for four years.

He, however, is not Hitler and does not deserve to be compared to that nut case. He does not deserve to die for his ideas, many of which I agree with, as do 75 million Americans.

He obviously has put his life on the line when he does not need to. He doesn’t need the status. He doesn’t need the limo; he has that. He doesn’t need a private plane; he has that. He doesn’t need the money.

His accomplishments include low unemployment numbers for all ethnic groups, a great economy, inflation at 1.5% when he left office (not the 9% Biden has mentioned), and the border was close to being closed.

I am not a big fan of some of his personality traits but the hate shown to him has been extreme and has been accumulating over the years. He has been made into such a monster by his opponents, and this type of hate-filled rhetoric has ended with this assassination attempt. I believe it was Divine intervention that saved him from being killed. God did that. Why? In today’s world, we need a strong leader, and he is that. I implore all people to put aside any precooked ideas of Trump and watch his speech Thursday night. If the man says he will do something, he does it. If he wants to pull the country together, he will do it.

I believe the hate for him comes from his not running as a Democrat when he first ran for president and that he cannot be controlled by the Democratic Party.

Steve Gehrke, Aurora

In the United States of America, we settle our differences at the ballot box. Political violence of any kind, including the attempt on former President Donald Trump, is totally unacceptable. Most of us would appreciate both Trump (especially) and President Joe  Biden turning down the temperature on political polarization by minimizing the personal attacks and emphasizing policy differences. This unfortunate election cycle would benefit from that.

John W. Thomas, Fort Collins

Trying to cool off in the high country

The predictions were right, and it was brutal this weekend. With rising temps in the morning, we took off to the mountains to camp. I find it’s usually considerably colder up higher and have often regretted not bringing my jacket, even in the middle of summer when camping. Saturday night, even at 10,000 feet, was still warm enough that I had to sleep outside of my sleeping bag.