Marilyn Goldfarb

Boalsburg

No president decides policy in a vacuum. A responsible president surrounds himself with policy advisors with expertise in subject areas to develop policies in the best interests of the country.

President Biden and his economic advisors have enacted policies that have led to the best post-pandemic economy in the world — with record-breaking job growth, unemployment and stock market gains.

Despite naysayers, Biden and his business advisors have championed the greatest manufacturing boom in decades, adding nearly 800,000 manufacturing jobs since taking office. He and his foreign policy advisors have resurrected America’s international image, strengthening NATO, supporting Ukraine, bolstering our relations with the Middle East and Asia and helping poorer nations.

By contrast, the only criterion for being an advisor to Donald Trump is a pledge of undying loyalty. Competence and expertise be damned. Yes, Joe Biden is old — and wise enough to establish intelligent support networks around him.

Trump — a convicted felon, an adjudicated sexual abuser and conman — will install an “army of loyalists” who will indulge his every whim, allowing him to wield executive power in unprecedented ways, including retribution against his political enemies.

Experts say Trump’s promises of more tax cuts, increased tariffs across the board and mass deportations will devastate the economy and result in higher inflation! So much for making America great again!

The choice is clear: an accomplished older statesman whose advisors work on behalf of ALL Americans, or an elderly megalomaniac whose goal is power for himself and tax cuts for his wealthy donors.