DISASTER: A president's priorities

It’s ironic that our declared nationalist president is in Paris at a time when a national catastrophic event is occurring here at home.

Well, wait a minute. Apparently blue state California doesn’t qualify as being part of our national geography. Meeting up with Vlad was more of a priority than the disaster unfolding in north-central California.

Talking about Vlad, Republican Dana Rohrabacher representing California’s 48th congressional district (John Wayne country) and a strong advocate for Vlad and Russia, lost to Harley Rouda, a former Republican who ran and won as a Democrat.

Those Rohrabacher supporters can find solace, however, in moving out of California to red state Idaho, where they can find more like-minded Trump Republican comrades.

DAVID M. COHEN

Coeur d’Alene