To the editor:

The former President’s hold on the Republican Party and blatant support of Russian (Putin’s) interests has been on clear display recently.

Just as both the House and Senate had agreed after serious negotiations to find a border plan that would satisfy the demands of the American people, and the current speaker and his inner circle to pass a bill that would, in addition, grant funds to resupply the Ukrainian military and protect Taiwan, (also wanted by the majority of Americans) the former president used his treacherous power of revenge to bully the speaker into cancelling that effort.

He did it as a gift to Putin.

Who will run our government if the former President is successful in his re-election effort?

The answer is clear, Putin.

Mary Lewis Sheehan

Saint James City