To the Editor:

Re “Personal Pain and Tesla Turmoil in ‘Excruciating’ Year for Musk” (front page, Aug. 17):

Why can’t Congress react like the Tesla board of directors?

Elon Musk sent one (only one!) irrational tweet and members of the Tesla board determined that he had reacted impulsively, irrationally and not in the best interest of the shareholders. They publicly declared their concerns quickly and definitively.

President Trump constantly sends tweets that are unintelligible, impulsive, irrational, vindictive, inaccurate and in many cases not in the best interest of our country. The vast majority of Republicans in Congress say nothing! It’s time they step up and do their job.

Jay Charkow

Woodbridge, Conn.