Dear President Trump,

I have voted for you three times, and I have been a staunch supporter of MAGA almost from the beginning.

I believe much of what the Democratic Party has subjected you to during your years in politics has been disgraceful, and at times bordered on criminal. I also believe historians will eventually look upon your presidency far more favorably than today’s liberal media would have us believe.

But I have to tell you something, Mr. President.

My support took a major hit following the 2026 midterm elections.

The political bloodbath Republicans suffered, including the election of five Democratic Socialist-backed candidates to Congress, can be laid in no small part at your feet, sir.

You have always possessed a bull-in-a-china-shop personality. Frankly, that was part of your appeal. Americans were tired of politicians who talked endlessly, accomplished little, and seemed more concerned with being reelected than doing what was right for the country.

I admired that attitude during your first term and into the first year of your second.

But somewhere along the way, you should have recognized that the time had come to become a little more presidential.

I disagree with nearly everything today’s progressive Democrats stand for. But at the end of the day, we are all Americans. Those who disagree with you are still citizens of this country, and their concerns deserve consideration.

Your constant squabbles with Democrats, the personal insults, and the seemingly endless political battles have become exhausting. Worse, they are now hurting you politically and, consequently, hurting America.

Then there are the wars.

It should come as no surprise that Americans generally do not want to become involved in foreign wars. No parent wants to sacrifice a son or daughter in some distant country, and these conflicts are enormously expensive.

I continue to support your determination to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. But this conflict should have been brought to a decisive conclusion months ago.

Instead, the saber-rattling continues, the uncertainty remains, and Americans are paying dearly for it.

Gasoline prices have climbed to levels that are infuriating the average American family. And diesel fuel, the lifeblood of the trucking industry, has become outrageously expensive.

I have spent more than fifty years in transportation, Mr. President. I can assure you that when diesel prices soar, the cost of practically everything Americans purchase eventually follows and the economy will slow.

The same concerns apply to Ukraine.

I have no affection for Vladimir Putin, and I certainly do not condone Russia’s invasion. But I question how long American taxpayers should continue supporting a war with no clear end in sight.

Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries are another disruption to already strained energy markets. Whether justified militarily or not, these attacks have economic consequences that extend well beyond the battlefield.

At some point, we must ask what our continued involvement is accomplishing and what it is costing American families.

And then there is your ego.

You have an enormous one, sir. Everybody knows it, including you.

There was a time when Americans found your brashness refreshing. But your name does not need to be attached to everything. Every disagreement does not require a public feud, and every criticism does not demand a personal insult in return.

You are the president of the United States. That ought to be recognition enough.

I suspect a great many Americans who supported you in 2016, 2020, and 2024 are feeling much the same way I am today. We have not suddenly become liberals. We have not abandoned conservative principles.

We simply expected better.

And now, following the midterm elections, Democrats will control Congress for the final two years of your presidency. Legislative gridlock is almost certain, congressional investigations are inevitable, and another round of impeachment proceedings would surprise absolutely nobody.

What a miserable prospect for a country already weary of political warfare.

Mr. President, you have accomplished things for which I believe you deserve considerable credit. But the American people are more concerned about the price of groceries, gasoline, and the cost of living than they are about who won the latest political argument.

They want peace, prosperity, stability, and a government that occasionally remembers whom it works for.

You have two years remaining in your presidency. You can spend them fighting your political enemies, or you can spend them attempting to bring a badly divided country together.

I hope you choose the latter.

It’s time to be more presidential, sir.

Respectfully,

A Member of Conservative America