To the Editor:

We are living in great but unsettling times. Millions of Americans are extremely grateful for the stunning election of Donald J. Trump last year, sparing them from the unthinkable horrors of a Hillary Clinton presidency. They are, nevertheless, appalled at the ongoing campaign to undo the results and promise of that election.

Daily we are fed increasingly bizarre news reports, like the biased Mueller investigation into Trump’s non-existent ‘Russian collusion.‘ Like deranged leaders Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters and others, constantly claiming President Trump is mentally incompetent and needs to be impeached. Like the Washington ‘swamp’ (both Democrats and establishment Republicans) working daily to undermine America’s duly elected president as he tirelessly strives to revive America’s economy, to stop illegal immigrants, drugs, gangs and terrorists from entering our country, and, yes, to head off a nuclear war with North Korea.

The ‘swamp’ is using all forces at its disposal, from the ‘mainstream’ media and Hollywood celebrity nuts to activist judges, ‘deep state’ operatives and violent ‘Antifa’ street agitators, to discredit and block every good, sensible and desperately needed policy the Trump administration tries to implement.

Despite all this, and with the left complaining nonstop about President Trump’s tweeting and boisterous language, he buckled down and accomplished an incredible amount during his first year as president.

Accomplishments include tax cuts, deregulation, more military spending, funding cuts for the United Nations, defeat of ISIS in Syria, recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, decertifying the terrible Iran deal, ‘yes’ to Keystone, ‘no’ to Paris, huge gains on Wall Street and higher consumer confidence, plus appointing more conservative judges to federal courts including Niel Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

Under President Trump, 1.7 million new jobs have been created in the private sector. Many of these have gone to the black community. Industry is expanding and the number of food stamp recipients has declined by more than 2 million people.

The Washington Examiner counted an impressive 81 major achievements and another 100-plus minor achievements of the Trump administration.

May God bless, protect, and watch over President Trump. He is indeed making America great again.

John Allard, Barrington