To the editor: A Occasions letter writer condemns each former President Biden and President Trump because the “worst presidents in historical past.” It is a false equivalency.
I’m not an ideal fan of Biden’s. Nonetheless, to assert his shortcomings are corresponding to the prison acts of Trump is excessive.
Given the vengeful rhetoric of Trump, I can’t fault Biden for issuing pardons to guard relations and others. That Biden issued these pardons is hardly corresponding to Trump’s egregious violations of regulation which have rendered him a convicted felon.
Within the first week of his presidency, Trump has made no effort to hide his retributive agenda. He has fired Division of Justice prosecutors concerned within the instances for which he has escaped accountability and has, by way of govt orders, harmed a variety of essential social and financial packages.
In distinction, Biden has by no means indulged in a vindictive persecution of political opponents. Flawed however well-intentioned, Biden is answerable for constructive financial packages such because the Inflation Discount Act and the Infrastructure Funding and Jobs Act.
However Biden, hiding behind rehearsed rhetoric on the contrary, shares Trump’s assist for Israel’s genocidal siege of Gaza, a profound ethical blemish on each their presidential legacies.
Andrew Spathis, Los Angeles
