Oh God, how I miss Joe Biden. When he was president, the economy was booming, unemployment was low and we had good relationships with other countries.

President Biden and the Democrats tried to help the working class. They preached peace not vengeance and violence. They never sent troops to invade American cities. And, they passed the infrastructure bill that is responsible, right now, for improvements to highways, bridges and many infrastructure projects in Pennsylvania.

But now that has all changed with Donald Trump and the Republicans in power. With their tariffs, they have destabilized our economy and added more taxes for the average American family.

Trump’s trade war has cost the U.S. many, many billions of dollars. Canadians don’t want to buy our products. Nor do they, like citizens of other countries, want to visit the U.S. Last year, during Biden’s presidency, China bought 12 billion dollars of soybeans from our farmers. This year, they bought none.

But what can you expect from Trump, who is a poor businessman and a convicted felon.

As prices and unemployment rise, I blame Trump and the Republicans who support him. It seems that they, the Republicans, main concern is to make life more miserable for the poor and working class so that they can continue to give tax breaks to the wealthy.

I understand that no political party is perfect. But the economy and life in general is much better when the Democrats are in power.

Frank Phillips

Cresson