3/12/2025

My Dear Friend & POTUS, DJT,

            Have you heard of Jameel Pugh? SLAM magazine named him the best dunker in the world in the 1990s. Last night, the Sacramento Area Youth Speaks project gave him the Ubuntu Award for Inspiring Social Change for his work mentoring Sacto youth. He’s dedicated to uplifting African American young men & might have some good ideas for you. Please give him a call.

            Please be nice to Taoiseach Micheál Martin (MM) today. The Irish Press says they “fear that MM might be walking into an ambush.” Remember he is a human & whatever concerns you may have about trade between Ireland & the USA are not his doing. I encourage you to be cordial rather than confrontation. The best result of your meeting today would be that it doesn’t become an ugly news story.

         I can understand your frustration that drugs like Viagra, Botox & Lipitor are manufactured in Cork by Pfizer & other Big Pharms & then sent to the US. It would be better if we manufactured them here in the USA. Unfortunately, a sudden tariff will harm sick people & the changes you’d like to see will take years to happen. I’m not sure how best to proceed. MM might have some ideas.

         On the Burma front, Brett Litner asks in the Irrawaddy today, “

Will Trump Seek to Engage With the Myanmar Junta?” If you do, please don’t take their side.