To the Editor:
Re “Trump Links Failed Bid for a Nobel Peace Prize to His Greenland Push” (front page, Jan. 20):
President Trump has now publicly acknowledged that one reason for his push to acquire Greenland is that he was not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Is his snit over rejection and a perceived failure to be sufficiently admired an acceptable basis of American foreign policy?
We can only hope that this will be the last straw for Republicans in Congress and that they will finally stand up to him and intercede to stop this madness.
Dorothy Cantor New York
To the Editor:
Re “Coveting Greenland, Trump Waves Off Diplomatic Offramps” (news analysis, Jan. 20):
There is a cruel irony to President Trump’s claim that the United States needs to own Greenland to counter peril posed to American security by Russia and China.
Specifically, by threatening to take Greenland by economic coercion or military force, he is undermining what is arguably the single greatest bulwark against Russian aggression: NATO and the Western alliance it represents.
If Mr. Trump were seriously interested in countering Russian threats to American security, he would be strengthening that alliance through mutual cooperation rather than tearing it asunder.
Michael Silk Laguna Woods, Calif.
To the Editor:
I hope that the world is aware that a majority of Americans are appalled by President Trump’s bellicose rhetoric and proposed actions against our cherished European allies.
We are a good country, brimming with wonderful, decent people. Please don’t judge us by our current administration.
We share your disgust.
Eliot Riskin Riverside, Conn.
To the Editor:
Re “Shoving an Alliance Onto a Precipice” (news analysis, front page, Jan. 20):
Now is the time we must choose: Which side are we on?
I am a Greenlander now!
Ted Gallagher New York
The Justice Dept. Just Lost the Best Prosecutors for Fraud Cases
To the Editor:
Re “Six Prosecutors Quit as a Widow Faces an Inquiry” (front page, Jan. 14):
I am a criminal defense attorney who has defended cases with several of the prosecutors who resigned. I can say unequivocally that each of those prosecutors holds the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity — traits that apparently are not appreciated by the Department of Justice.
I was involved in the first Feeding Our Future fraud trial in Minnesota and worked closely with Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was among those who resigned. He is a fierce litigator whose dedication to prosecuting fraud cases has caused him to endure personal sacrifices. There’s no better prosecutor than him to pursue these cases.
If the objective of the Trump administration in bringing hordes of ICE agents to Minnesota is to root out fraud, using these six attorneys’ talents to investigate the partner of a woman killed by an ICE agent only detracts from that purported mission (not to mention that ICE’s tactics have nothing to do with rooting out fraud).
If the objective of the D.O.J. is to prosecute fraud, it just lost several of the most skilled attorneys to handle those cases. Minnesota justice has suffered a terrible blow.
Michael J. Brandt St. Louis Park, Minn.
Effects of the Holocaust Felt by Generations
To the Editor:
Re “A Weekly Salon for Those Who Fled Nazis Ends” (front page, Dec. 22):
As the number of Holocaust survivors continues to decline, children and grandchildren of survivors gather to discuss the psychological impact of the Holocaust and the effect on their relatives who survived the horrors of Auschwitz and other camps, or were forced to hide out in forests, flee to Siberia or faced other mind-boggling deprivations.
I am a child of a Holocaust survivor and have facilitated these badly needed groups, in which second and third generations are able to talk about the sadness, fear and many other emotions haunting their homes.
Often, Holocaust survivors would not let their children go to friends’ home for a sleepover, walk to the local libraries alone and even warned their sons and daughters about the dangers of a knock at the door.
As antisemitism has resurged, the fears have grown. “When the time comes, are our documents ready? Where will we go? Where can we go where we will be safe?” I have heard it all. The questions are multiplying, and the psychological impacts of the Holocaust continue to plague generations of children of survivors.
Bonnie Pollak New York
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