TRUMP: Criticism insubstantial
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 3 days AGO
In response to the commentary by Diana Oswald:
It’s telling how Ms. Oswald; by referring to Donald Trump as “President Bone Spurs,” opts for caricature over reasoning. Her claim that Trump is “incapable of uttering a polite or grammatical sentence” or that he avoided a veterans’ cemetery visit “because it was raining” is nothing more than snark with no supporting evidence; pure derision masquerading as critique.
She then drags out the actions of Trump’s grandfather Friedrich Trump to imply a hereditary failure of character. Yes; Friedrich Trump was stripped of Bavarian citizenship and ordered to leave Germany after he evaded conscription into the military.
But that has zero bearing on the policy decisions and leadership of his grandson in 2025. That’s just textbook guilt-by-association, which belongs in bad op-eds; not serious commentary.
More importantly: Oswald’s central theme; that the president is “threatening our veterans in Congress” for “speaking the truth” about unauthorized military actions, deserves scrutiny. She offers no quotes, no legislative citations, no proof of “threats.” That’s a glaring omission. The argument collapses under its own lack of evidence, relying on angry insinuations rather than documented fact.
In short: Oswald trades substance for snark and partisan cheap shots. Her piece reveals far more about her own bias than about any legitimate concern for veterans. Readers in our community deserve better; fact-based, sober commentary, not more hyper-partisan venting.
CLAYTON SAPPINGTON
Rathdrum