Date: 6/27/2018
Sir: This is an open letter to the media, especially the White House Press corps. Why haven’t your reporters been asking Trump or his press secretary these questions?
1. If you are so committed to enforcing the laws to the letter according to the Bible, as AG Sessions claims, why aren’t you as committed to enforcing the Affordable Care Act?
2. Do the tariffs you are placing on imported goods from China include those manufactured for your branded products and Ivanka's?
3. If you are so concerned with hiring Americans, why did you apply last year for permission to hire 150 foreign workers for your hotels and resorts, and why did your son apply to hire two dozen foreign workers for his vineyard?
4. During the campaign, your son and two of your high-ranking advisers met with people they believed to be agents of the Russian government to obtain information which they believed would harm Hilary Clinton. How is this not collusion?
5. During the campaign you promised you would make your tax returns public. Why haven’t you done this?
6. Regarding question 5, were you lying to the American people when you promised this, and have you told any other lies to the American people?
Oh, wait. We already know the answer to this one.
To conclude, I believe it is the responsibility of the media to ask, and demand answers to these questions. Please, please live up to your Constitutional rights and duties.
Paul Basile
Longmeadow
