Obama supporters heard complaints; it’s Trump’s turn now

Oh, please! After reading the June 2 letter to the editor “Obama thinks he’s president” I just felt it was time to respond to all of those who berate those of us who are not into Mr. Trump.

When Mr. Obama was president, there were all sorts of people on the “other side” who wrote letters to the editor lambasting how terrible President Obama was at doing his job and that he was one of the worst presidents we’ve ever had, blah, blah, blah.

I’m not going to quote statistics, since I don’t know any, nor do I make up claims and give false statistics, but I believe every former president has attended “functions for world leaders only.” That’s what I’ve observed.

This has probably happened with every single president we’ve had these past several decades. There are people who do or don’t like the current president, whomever that may be.

I just felt compelled to speak about the tone of these letters. Quit being so demeaning. Try being a smart adult — everyone — please!

Cindy Shobe

Everett

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