TRUMP: Where is the buck going to stop?

THE BUCK STOPS HERE! (Famous placard on Truman’s desk.)

Many might confuse that saying or “passing the buck” with money. The buck referred to is a marker on the poker table that designates the next dealer. Passing the buck means you relinquish responsibility. The buck stopping means the responsibility is yours.

Truman had every excuse to pass the buck. FDR made him a lackey then dropped the A bomb and Stalin in his lap. Yet it wasn’t in his nature. Truman was an artillery captain in the Argonne, entrepreneur without backing and the Senator who took on bidding corruption during World War II.

He led us into the nuclear age and through the Korean conflict. Saved Berlin with an airlift. Kept the Soviet Union in check by creating NATO and a new deutschmark. Never blamed anyone on the other side for the situation his administration was in. He was a Great American who never passed the buck.

Trump on the other hand, begged us to elect him. Told us he would have no problem ending the conflicts and draining the swamp. Now he’s gilding the White House, accepting jumbo jets and creating a new currency for himself. Where’s the buck going to stop, MAGA?

STEVEN REYNALDS

Coeur d’Alene