Letter: Trump puts in the work, deserves the respect
In his speech “Man in The Arena,” Theodore Roosevelt said: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
President Trump is the “Man in the Arena” who is doing his best to serve his country. He is not perfect, but neither are we. Maybe the press could show a little respect for the office of the presidency and write something nice about him once in awhile.
Kim Spencer, Pasco
This story was originally published October 2, 2017 at 2:40 PM with the headline "Letter: Trump puts in the work, deserves the respect."