Readers sound off on more Trump, traffic concerns and baseball narration

Dartmouth, Mass.: The Republican strategists have always been masters at reducing their chosen issues and enemies into single words, names or slogans. The greatest and most inventive has been Donald Trump, who was rewarded with the presidency and adoring supporters who revel in his name-calling, sloganeering, mockery and invented nicknames.

Trump will always vanquish competing political aspirants with disparaging and comedic titles, received with laughter and extensive media attention. Trump did not invent the slogan strategy of the Republicans but has boosted it to acceptability and respectability amongst the newest crop of legislators at the local, state and federal levels. The more insulting, deceptive and outrageous, the greater the reception from millions of MAGA supporters.

If the latest TV campaign ad depicting Ron DeSantis with his fingers in pudding is a sample of what to anticipate from Trump and his super PACs, we are in for a reprise of the 2016 election cycle. The more Trump perceives challenges from other Republicans, he will become more insultingly inventive with nicknames.

Trump’s chances of regaining the White House may be diminishing as disenchantment turns voters to other alternatives, but there will always be supporters who will dole out donations and swoon at his campaign rallies. Every newspaper and cable news program will cover his actions and antics. And once again, his narcissistic need for attention and financial gain shall be satisfied. In his mind, he is a winner even if he is a loser. Betty Ussach

Bronx: I totally agree with Voicer Stephen Markbreit regarding the broadcast license of Fox News being revoked. Isn’t it ironic that Trump’s constant “fake news” claims seem to apply to that network rather than the “liberal media” he so detests? Mary Ann Guarneri

Kew Gardens Hills: Bramhall’s depiction of an elephant checking for “junk” on athletes lining up for girls’ athletics (April 23) is missing something. Bramhall neglected to depict a donkey looking the other way while biological males attempt to destroy girls’ sports. Barry Koppel

Manhattan: How out of touch are Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman (“N.Y.ers want congestion pricing to fix transit,” op-ed, April 21)? Wait until you see the pollution from cars coming into Manhattan north of 60th St. and in the Bronx in the “highway-adjacent communities” as drivers circle around looking for parking. Until Goldman and Nadler promise that they and their families will only take public transportation (and don’t dare seek reimbursement for any congestion fee!), I don’t want to hear their platitudes. Aren’t we hearing that within the next 10 years, electric cars should be dominant and the pollution issue should diminish? How about allocating funds for electric charging for cars? Have they thought of people who work in the city but perhaps live in parts of Brooklyn poorly served by public transportation? I seriously wonder if Nadler and Goldman took the pulse of the community they represent. This op-ed is tone deaf, out of touch with constituents and a fantasy. Barbara Mutterperl

Bellerose: Mayor Adams, stop crying for help from the federal government regarding the immigrants you chose to publicly take care of for your own political reasons. You have shafted NYC in many ways, starting with your treatment of NYC retirees, giving them absolutely no support while paying huge amounts of taxpayer money on the health care of young illegal immigrants, hiring unfit personnel at huge salaries (some with criminal backgrounds) and throwing taxpayer monies around at underserved causes. You are quietly sinking this city into a hell on Earth. Glad you think you have swag. I think you have a lot of nerve and will pay for it come election time. Kathleen Lucas

Milford, Pa.: Let me get this straight: The mayor opens the doors wide for illegal migrants, then wants the feds to pay for it? That’s truly the definition of chutzpah. My prediction? One term! Robert K. Greco

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Brooklyn: I recommend to your readers to cook meat and chicken in a disposable pan on your stovetop. That will save you a lot of energy and effort cleaning a pot and will make it so much more enjoyable and pleasant for you to cook and prepare meals for your family. You can buy 30 disposable pans from Amazon for $20. Shlomo Klein

Hicksville, L.I.: Say what you will about “The View,” at least they discuss what’s going on in our country and world. Kelly Ripa tells you what she did socially the night before, and now with Mark Consuelos? Give me a break! Totally boring! Bye-bye Kelly! Ginny DeMarco

Staten Island: If the Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben brands were reinvented to be racially and politically correct, how come Cracker Jacks can still be referred to as “Cracker” Jacks? As we all know, “cracker” is a racial slur directed towards white people. Myra Goodman

Manhattan: To Voicer Bernard O’Brien: I watched my aunt die of breast cancer in a hospital screaming in pain. I watched my mother die in a nursing home of starvation after she intentionally ordered her newly-installed feeding tube to be removed so she wouldn’t have to wait any longer to die of her terminal brain cancer (but I sat and watched her starve for 10 days). I watched my other aunt die at home, also in terrible pain, from terminal anal cancer. There weren’t sufficient amounts of pain medication provided either at home, in the hospital or in the nursing home. Ironically, the nurses on duty in the latter institutions were afraid of overdosing an otherwise dying patient. I am grateful to O’Brien for talking about New York’s ongoing failure to provide medical aid in dying legislation. I continue to ask: What public interest is served by condemning our dying loved ones, or ourselves eventually, to terrible deaths? Marcie Waterman

Staten Island: Long live the black market and the illegal stores that are selling the devil’s cabbage, lol. I have to laugh every time I read about operations to close these stores down. It’s a joke. We have liquor stores and cigarette shops three to a block, two things that are leading causes of death in this country, but we’re up in arms about a simple flower that gives people relief from pain and stress. Let the political fools dance around all they want trying to figure out how to get money in their pockets while they slowly open more stores. If there’s anyone to blame, it’s the snowflake politicians who drag their feet. Joseph Dohner

Flushing: Two weeks ago, Giancarlo Stanton watched a ball he thought was a home run hit the wall and he subsequently had to really bust it just to get to second base! The result was a pulled hamstring that will keep him from playing for about six weeks! This weekend, Anthony Rizzo, in the bottom of the ninth with the game tied at two, pretty much did the same thing, almost getting thrown out at second base! As announcer Paul O’Neill said on TV, “If Rizzo had run hard from the get-go, he might have had a triple”! The fact that the Yanks went on to win is inconsequential! These millionaire ballplayers earn more in one season than most people make in a lifetime. Is it too much for them to hustle? Of course, not one word about this from Aaron Boone! Disgusting. Jay Savino

Metuchen, N.J.: I enjoyed Bob Raissman’s take on John Sterling’s tortured home-run calls (“Schtick with him,” column, April 23) — and I admire Brandon Tierney’s Volpe-inspired riff on “That’s Amore.” But does no one find it odd — and not a little bit disquieting — that Sterling is so focused on ethnic stereotypes? Besides, I doubt that any of the fellows in baseball’s fraternity of multimillionaires identifies primarily through accident of birth. I can’t know for sure, but it wouldn’t surprise me if Anthony Volpe is as Italian as corned beef on St. Patrick’s Day. Bob McCormick