Readers sound off on voter backlash on Gaza, how tariffs work and the Giants’ roster

Key voters rejected Dems’ stubborn warfare stance

Edinburgh, Scotland: On March 5, I blogged that the ghosts of Gaza (photo) volition beryllium waiting for President Biden and Keir Starmer successful the coming elections. At the time, Biden had inactive not accepted his frailty and stepped down.

It turns retired that the British nationalist truly wasn’t that bothered astir what the International Court of Justice views arsenic imaginable genocide, and the enactment of the amerciable penetration of Iraq got successful connected a landslide. Starmer is inactive happily selling weapons to termination Palestinian children (2% of the full colonisation to date). We’re not without our gurning fascist, Nigel Farage, and his cohorts present besmirching Parliament with their presence. However, determination seems to person been a much cataclysmic effect successful America.

As the sickness lingers for decent folk, galore are present contemplating the power of those voters conscionable excessively disgusted astatine Biden’s horrible mishandling of Gaza and Netanyahu and his “world’s astir motivation army.” Gaza got hardly a notation during Kamala Harris’ different seemingly well-run campaign. And, arsenic documentary filmmaker Michael Moore pointed out, galore U.S. Muslim voters unrecorded successful plaything states.

So, present we go, with 4 years of chaos and cruelty for the U.S. that, if you look astatine the projected lineup of the Donald Trump team, seems acceptable to marque the past Trump stint successful the White House look astir benign. You person to wonderment if determination is immoderate precise harsh poetic justness buried nether the governmental rubble. Amanda Baker

Missing voters

Northford, Conn.: There are astir 240 cardinal eligible voters successful the U.S. Approximately 100 cardinal didn’t vote. That means astir 40% voted astatine all. In the 2020 election, 158 cardinal radical voted. In the 2024 election, with ideology connected the line, lone 150 cardinal radical voted. What happened to the millions of radical who voted successful 2020 and not successful 2024? Most countries successful the satellite person a amended turnout. Kamala Harris got astir 74 cardinal votes. Trump got a small much than 76 million. If this was reversed, the Republicans would beryllium screaming “rigged.” Where are the Democrats connected this? I odor a rat. Alton Eliason

Cartoon cancellation

Somers, N.Y.: I’m 93 and person been a faithful Daily News scholar from erstwhile your insubstantial was 2 cents. I americium a Trump protagonist who inactive enjoyed speechmaking your paper, arsenic I’ve ever kept an unfastened caput to arguable topics. However, Bramhall’s cartoons, though precise creator and creative, person made maine determine to cancel my subscription. Bob LaGravinese

Nefarious nominee

Bronx: I spot that the president-elect picked Matt Gaetz to beryllium lawyer general. It is the equivalent to either Biden oregon Harris picking AOC for lawyer general. So, the conservatives got to halt talking astir “the Squad.” Gaetz is worse. Martin Sandok

Bad memories

Bedford, N.Y.: Voicer David Balsam says “everything was better” during Trump. I conjecture we genuinely unrecorded successful alternate universes. During #45’s term, millions of radical mislaid their jobs, thousands of companies, including hotels and restaurants, went retired of concern and state prices were done the roof. We couldn’t adjacent bargain toilet paper! It was #45’s arrogance and incompetence successful dealing with the pandemic that caused the deaths of much than 1.2 cardinal Americans and much than 100 cardinal to beryllium hospitalized and person their lives ruined. Maybe Balsam’s representation has been affected by the bleach Trump suggested radical inject to dainty COVID. Céline Secada

Unbecoming conduct

Manhattan: Voicer Brian Deasy states that Trump’s caustic property is similar his commanders successful Vietnam, and they “got the occupation done.” Brian should retrieve that we mislaid the Vietnam War. Many “caustic” officers were fragged by their ain troops, and immoderate were recovered blameworthy of warfare crimes. Trump’s caustic, insulting remarks and actions toward veterans are good documented, his past being a usurpation of rules astatine Arlington National Cemetery. Trump dishonored each American veteran. I’m definite that helium would ne'er amusement specified disrespect toward the veterans of Russia, China and North Korea. As a veteran, it seems to maine that the Republicans could person recovered a non-caustic, respectful blimpish campaigner alternatively of a draft-dodging convicted felon and enactment offender. If you voted for Trump past please, don’t ever convey a seasoned for their service. Vincent Novak

Bigger issues

Bethlehem, Pa.: I emotion speechmaking the letters of spoiled sports who religiously bring up Trump’s convictions. Most of america who voted for him didn’t bash it due to the fact that of his property but alternatively the border, the transgender nonsense and the flag- and neighborhood-burning leftists. You radical targeted him from Day One, ignoring the information that helium wasn’t a sexist, racist, homophobe, etc. erstwhile helium was a TV star. I anticipation the adjacent 4 years for you radical are arsenic lousy arsenic the past 4 years were for the reasoning class. Michael McConnell

We wage it

Slidell, La.: Voicer Eugene R. Dunn either ne'er took an economics people successful his beingness oregon helium took 1 and slept done it. For the last time: The U.S. does not person the authorization to enforce immoderate taxes connected immoderate overseas country. Why is this excessively analyzable for the MAGA faithful to understand? Tariff costs are imposed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection astatine the larboard of introduction and indispensable beryllium paid for by immoderate American institution that is the importer of grounds of the goods taxable to a tariff. Tariff costs are past added to the terms of the merchandise sold on with different costs, similar shipping, labour and materials — the terms of which, each added together, is paid for by American consumers. What is truthful analyzable astir this concept? Americans wage the tariffs! Not China! Gerard Kay

Inherited wealth

Staten Island: Buried heavy successful Saturday’s insubstantial is an article, “Consumers inactive spending, and econ inactive rising” (Nov. 16). It notes that Americans “stepped up their spending,” resulting successful “driving the economy’s dependable growth.” Auto sales, electronics, appliances, restaurants and bars are starring the way. While immoderate of this reflects higher prices, overmuch of it is genuine accrued purchasing. However, market prices are inactive a situation for many. As Wells Fargo enactment it, “People whitethorn not emotion however overmuch it costs to spell out, but their barroom and edifice spending is increasing faster than prices are.” Other economical indicators amusement “inflation has sunk to 2.6%” and “Americans’ take-home pay, connected average, has surpassed ostentation for astir 18 months.” The groundwork is successful spot and the array is present acceptable up precise favorably for the adjacent administration. Let’s anticipation they don’t messiness it up! Gina Ottrando

Bakery blew it

Boynton Beach, Fla.: At the precise least, the owners of Holtermann’s Bakery were blameworthy of atrocious concern (“Staten Island bakery denies refusing Whoopi Goldberg’s bid implicit politics,” Nov. 14). A lawsuit called with a ample bid (at slightest $200) for transportation successful 2 weeks that they couldn’t perpetrate to owed to a breached machine. In the meantime, the instrumentality was fixed. Why wouldn’t they person contacted Whoopi to inquire if she was inactive funny successful ordering the pastries? Andrew LeWinter

Shunned

Brooklyn: Did I ever archer you my idiosyncratic communicative astir Dave Sims? It was his “Crazy Hat Night” astatine the Mariners game. My kids, their friends and I were thrilled to person our brainsick hats judged by Sims. He approached our seats successful the designated section. He looked successful our direction, our eyes locked and Dave rapidly looked the different mode and ne'er looked astatine me, my kids oregon our brainsick hats the full clip that helium was determination to justice hats. I was snubbed by Dave Sims! I wonderment if it was due to the fact that maine and my kids are Black. Stanley McKie

Losing lineup

Rochelle Park, N.J.: Another good messiness the N.Y. Giants are successful owed to mediocre hiring erstwhile again! Brian Daboll, the violative backmost guru, lol — yeah, looks similar Josh Allen is truly missing him successful Buffalo! Maybe it’s the coaching and not the lousy occupation of roster gathering these 2 joined-at-the-hip clowns person done! Let Saquon Barkley spell for nothing? Let Xavier McKinney permission for nothing? Instead of trading and getting draught picks, they commercialized for a washed-up choky extremity that would alternatively beryllium a rapper than a shot player, Darren Waller, and they gave up draught picks for this multiple-times-suspended player! What a joke! B. Boyle