Dear President Trump,

It has been written of President Abraham Lincoln, that he would hear from the people of this great nation, in a most unorthodox manner. On a regular basis, the President would meet with common folk to hear their ‘voice’ and try to meet their requests for help.

Recently I read one of my favorite Thanksgiving storybooks to my Kindergarten class. It highlighted this fact about Good Ole’ Abe and I was struck by the realization that almost 160 years later, the citizens of America have a similarly minded President sitting in the Oval Office.

I very much appreciate your willingness to stay connected with the people, in an albeit unorthodox, Abe Lincoln fashion, while under the burden of great criticism, and attack from Leftist ideologies.

Which brings me to the point of this letter. As much as I try to feel connected, I feel very isolated. I am a recently retired, elementary school teacher. I have been attempting for many years now, to have my voice heard. Which is why I have gone to the extreme of starting a blog. It is an extreme because as of two days ago I knew absolutely nothing about how to set up a blog.

I made the decision to vote for you before you had publicly announced your candidacy back in the early summer of 2015. In fact, the first time you spoke on Fox News about your vision for our country and what would later become known as “Making America Great Again”, I knew I would vote for you. You spoke common sense regarding many different issues and every one of your thoughts mirrored my own, almost as if we had just finished having coffee together.

Mr. President, I am a homegrown Oregonian, living in one of the most beautiful states in the union. Sadly, the lush forests, mountain ranges, coastal treasures, Columbia River gorge, and high desert, have fallen prey to leftist indoctrination at every level of state bureaucracy. Our public school children, and the future of America, are literally being indoctrinated into dangerous leftist ideologies, beginning in Kindergarten. And the federal government is paying them do this! Homelessness is out of control, and America’s City of Bridges, Portland, is following in the footprints of big sisters, San Francisco & Seattle.

Oregon needs you, Mr. President. On Election Day, 2016, 782,403 American Oregonians cast their vote for you. I would like to ask you to please make Oregon one of your campaign stops in 2020. 782, 403 citizens deserve the opportunity to host a rally for you. In fact, a Presidential stop at every state in the union (regardless of electoral college chance) would send a strong message to every American citizen – Their Commander In Chief cares enough about their beautiful home that he takes the time to stop in for a visit.

I do not know my attempt to speak with you will ever find its way before you. Perhaps fate will shine on my little “acre” of this nation and provide others throughout America an opportunity to be heard by their Leader, who loves this country, with all of its blessings, as much as they do.

Thank You for your service. I stand with you, Mr. President. Make Education Great Again. Make Justice Great Again. Make America Great Again!

Respectfully,

A. REST (A Retired Elementary School Teacher) a.restmega@gmail.com