Six months into the Trump administration and we are still hearing about Russian collusion within the Trump campaign. Why waste taxpayer’s money on another pile of Trump's baloney. More importantly, during his campaign, he ranted about how America came first and he would return jobs from overseas to the American people. Buy American and hire American and somehow make the greatest nation of the world great again.

President Trump still has not disclosed his tax returns. He has 144 companies in 25 countries, many utilizing low-wage labor. His daughter, Ivanka, whose net worth with her husband is $740 million, has several clothing manufactures that are all located in foreign low-wage labor nations.

Maybe the Russia hysteria is a witch hunt. There are far more serious problems in the world to contend with. And shouldn’t having a decent relationship with other world leaders and working together to solve these problems be more important?

Any threat toward our democracy is inauspicious, yet perhaps the taxpayer-funded scrutiny should be concentrated closer to home. Maybe it’s a good thing that one can purchase tall, rubber boots cheaply that are manufactured in one of these low-wage labor nations to wad in Trump's muck.

Steven Birt

Groton