Trump firing staffer for delivering bad news is a terrible look for U.S.
Re “Labor data chief fired over jobs report” (Aug. 2): You are the head of a big company and you have just gotten some information from your marketing staff that does not meet your expectations. You have a choice: Do you talk to your staff and find out what is behind the numbers or do you fire them? What will you do? President Trump will choose to fire them.
— Mike Reardon, Fallbrook
Petulant 5-year-old shoots messenger over negative report. What’s a fella to do when an executive order won’t fix a problem? Poor Donnie.
— Thomas A. Johnson, Mission Hills
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