To the Editor:

Re “Trump Calls a House Critic’s Baltimore District a ‘Rat and Rodent Infested Mess’” (news article, July 28), about the president’s attack on Representative Elijah E. Cummings :

I know that Donald Trump was surprised to become president of the United States. But one responsibility that comes with this job is that you are now the leader of this country, and every city, suburb, town, rural area and congressional district is yours to uplift and improve. Thus, you should be working closely with all districts to make them better.

Instead, with spite mixed with inaccuracy, the tweeter in chief once again shows that he is unfit for this office, and I am not even referring to conspiracy with the Russians and obstruction of justice.

Philip S. Hart

Los Angeles

To the Editor:

It may have been about the same time that President Trump was preparing to spew his hateful words about Baltimore. But in Baltimore on Friday, Mauricio Velazquez Rodriguez thrilled our hearts with his story in his acceptance speech for the CollegeBound Foundation scholar of the year award at a lunch to celebrate high school graduates from local public schools who will be off to college in the fall, with scholarships from the foundation, a local group.

Mauricio came to Baltimore from a tiny town in Mexico — alone, at 13, to live with his mom, speaking no English. He had decided that he wanted a better education, and he figured that he could achieve that — yes, President Trump — in the Baltimore public schools.