Readers sound off on appointing loyalists, unrestricted immigration and seniors’ subway cards

Preaching qualifications portion scrapping them

Olivebridge, N.Y.: President Trump gave a compliment to the FAA’s hiring and enactment process, though it was surely not intended. There were 16.8 cardinal flights successful the U.S. successful 2024 and each of them landed without a nonaccomplishment of life. Quite an awesome grounds and an endorsement of DEI hiring practices. The numbers don’t lie, dissimilar immoderate people.

This archetypal hose calamity during Trump’s presidency happened aft the caput of the FAA resigned nether unit from DOGE’s Elon Musk and aft a hiring frost implemented done 1 of Trump’s enforcement orders. At the aforesaid time, Trump encouraged national employees to leave, offering buyouts — not a precise motivational connection to competent radical successful high-pressure, no-margin-for-error jobs similar aerial postulation control.

DEI takes ongoing disapproval from Trump and his acolytes, who asseverate that radical should beryllium hired based connected competence. I would agree. There are competent radical from each races, nationalities and genders. There was a clip successful the United States erstwhile groups were excluded, careless of their competence. Women, Jews, the Irish, radical from China… the database goes on. They weren’t adjacent considered. They were excluded, not included (hence the “I” successful DEI). When you see radical — each radical — you person a larger excavation of competent candidates. Simple math. Unless, of course, you are 1 of those radical who judge that lone achromatic males tin beryllium competent.

The hypocrisy and irony present is that Trump and his acolytes are eliminating DEI from hiring and substituting BOTT (Blind Obedience To Trump) arsenic the hiring criteria. I’m not definite however competence fits into that hiring algorithm. Warren Davis

Election results

Jersey City: As our felon-in-chief continues to plumb depths that his disastrous archetypal word didn’t approach, preferring to name chap criminals and incompetents alternatively than those champion qualified, divers radical with existent communal consciousness are surely noticing the aboriginal results: Two fatal level crashes successful a week and prices soaring successful anticipation of his trade-war tariffs. Can a returned pandemic beryllium acold behind? Stock up connected those masks! John Esche

Tariffs 101

Union, N.J.: Simple economics simply put: 1) Trump puts connected tariffs. 2) Exporters rise prices to wage tariffs. 3) To debar immoderate driblet successful their nett margin, importers (Trump and his billionaire cronies) rise prices connected you, the consumer. 4) You wage done the chemoreceptor oregon bash without. Simple! Trump lied and doesn’t attraction 1 spot astir you! Enjoy your powdered eggs! Lou Alt

Bust oregon bust

Whitestone: GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has introduced a measure proposing to carve Trump into Mount Rushmore. A transgression convicted of aggregate felonies and recovered liable for intersexual assault. A antheral who tried to overthrow the U.S. government. Disgusting. But if this disgraceful nightmare ever comes to fruition, I suggest a afloat torso of Trump with his hands folded successful beforehand of him, wherever everyone tin intelligibly spot the handcuffs. Trump’s battle connected ideology and the regularisation of instrumentality has begun, and the Republican Party is complicit. Cryptocurrency is undoubtedly a godsend for criminals progressive successful illicit activities similar cybercrime, wealth laundering and coercion financing. Trump has embraced it. He granted a afloat pardon to Ross Ulbricht, laminitis of the acheronian web tract known arsenic Silk Road, which the FBI called “the astir blase and extended transgression marketplace connected the internet.” Don’t beryllium amazed if he’s soon portion of Trump‘s cabinet. Robert LaRosa Sr.

Document update

Yonkers: I deliberation Trump and his posse should rewrite the Constitution for today’s close wing. First bid of business: Rename it the Donstitution! John Flood

At others’ expense

Brooklyn: Voicer Robert Rundbaken talks astir Trump similar he’s the atrocious feline and helium conscionable invites speech amusement hosts to badmouth him. Jimmy Kimmel erstwhile brought connected Toronto Mayor Bob Ford and wholly humiliated him. Kimmel does not humiliate radical due to the fact that they merit it. He does truthful due to the fact that he’s a degenerate quality being. These are the kinds of lowlifes Rundbaken sticks up for? Talk astir tarnishing Brooklyn. David Balsam

One not similar the others

Manhattan: To Voicer Paul Bacon: I work your missive with involvement and was confounded by the information that you did not database either Martin Luther King Jr. oregon Thurgood Marshall arsenic premier examples of African-Americans who contributed to the civilian rights movement. Instead, you listed Clarence Thomas, who illustrates the corrupt practices of a antheral who has reached a precocious presumption successful our government. Also, you neglected to chastise Trump for ordering the cutback of celebratory events for Black History Month. Let’s get the information retired for the due parties. Jack Weiss

Preferred victims?

Melville, L.I.: Trump famously said helium could sprout idiosyncratic connected Fifth Ave. and not suffer immoderate support. Since helium brought it up, I wonderment if helium changeable idiosyncratic due to the fact that they were a Jew, a Muslim, a transgender person, a cheery oregon a Democrat, would his supporters inactive basal with him? Your reply could specify the aboriginal of America. Dennis Joyce

Buyers’ remorse

Carle Place, L.I.: Just wondering however galore Tesla owners who skew wide are regretting their purchase. And however galore prospective buyers are looking elsewhere owed to Elon Musk’s governmental machinations? Rudy Rosenberg

Uninvited guests

Bronx: To Voicer John Cirolia: I stake you would consciousness otherwise if immoderate uninvited immigrants showed up successful your backyard oregon moved into your location and expected you to feed, location and supply aesculapian attraction for them. And God forbid they person a babe successful your backyard and the kid becomes your caller forced dependent. Cut the B.S.! Unlawful migration is not the solution to these peoples’ problems, and it puts a strain connected the U.S. economy. Daniel Correa

Unresisted immigration

Lackawaxen, Pa.: Voicer Bob Sterner tin reasonably blasted the Catholic Church for what went connected southbound of the borderline and successful the Spanish territories of the contiguous U.S., but Catholics constituted lone astir 1% of the assemblage colonisation successful 1776. The North American natives suffered much from termination than genocide: When they had the numerical advantage, they should person killed each the “white eyes” arsenic they disembarked their ships. If nary vessels made it backmost to Europe, that mightiness person delayed astatine slightest the afloat invasion. Of course, the Voicer whitethorn respect Pope Alexander’s papal B.S. successful 1493 arsenic mounting the code of European rules of “discovery” of territory that had already been discovered. Maybe MAGA volition entail a instrumentality to pre-Columbian times! John A. MacKinnon

Who started it?

Brooklyn: To Voicer Robert Adams: Who started the warfare connected Oct. 7? Who seized women and children arsenic hostages, including a 9-month-old baby? Who is truthful liable for the decease and demolition successful Gaza? It’s precocious clip that you halt ignoring the reply to this question. Wendy Jackson

Shared values

Mount Vernon, N.Y.: Does anyone spot the similarities betwixt America’s westward manifest destiny ploy and the killings of indigenous peoples and Israel’s West Bank attacks connected Palestinians? Both wanted to grow and cared not however they did it, murdering each who were successful the way. Edwin Garcia

Inaccessible

Manhattan: My elder EasyPay paper is expiring. I person tried unsuccessfully to get a replacement. I request the OMNY half-fare paper that is replacing my elder card. Speaking to an MTA typical offers nary help. Waiting connected a precise agelong enactment astatine the fare paper autobus successful my vicinity does not work. The slow-moving two-hour enactment ne'er reaches an cause astatine the beforehand and the fare paper autobus leaves that halt aft 2 hours. What should we do? I americium a elder who precocious had large surgery. I was told by an MTA cause connected the telephone to spell to Stone St. I americium incapable to instrumentality the subway. Please assistance seniors with constricted mobility. How bash we get the replacement OMNY paper with our constricted mobility? Who volition assistance us? We can’t spend to perpetually instrumentality cabs erstwhile our MetroCard expires astatine the extremity of the month. Anita Forgash

Losing proposition

Brooklyn: Voicer Pat Clark wrote, “Let’s anticipation idiosyncratic much honorable and competent runs for politician this year.” Somebody much honorable and competent ever runs for mayor. And they ever lose. Robert Perlberg