We are only seven weeks into the Trump Presidency, and most of what he promised on the the campaign trail is evidently all lies!

Instead of a stronger economy, the markets are crashing in response to Trump's tariffs, inflation is up 3%, and jobless claims are up 242,000.

Instead of improving the health and safety for U.S. citizens, there is an unprecedented and deadly measles outbreak, 36 million Americans' health insurance is at risk due to GOP Medicaid cuts, and both airline safety and critical weather forecasting are threatened by DOGE cuts.

Instead of protecting U.S. veterans, veteran services, jobs, and healthcare are under attack. Instead of protecting the elderly, Social Security checks are at risk of interruption.

Meanwhile, Trump has played golf on 13 of the 48 days he has been back in office, costing U.S. taxpayers $18 million.

And Musk has had a free pass to destroy and reconstruct Government Agencies in ways that result in expanded contracts with his companies — Tesla, SpaceX, and Dogecoin — enhancing Musk's personal fortune manifold.

Waste and fraud, you say?

Karin Lockwood lives in Rockport