I think President Trump should send the National Guard to New York, not to assist the New York City police but rather to replace the state Assembly (“Not guardin’ state: Kathy,” Aug. 26).

Adding more police doesn’t help if the laws are too lenient, or if the judges and prosecutors simply ignore them.

Better to go after the “root cause” of the problem by eliminating the group of sheltered lowlifes in Albany enacting these terrible laws.

Richard Rafal

Manhattan

It’s ironic that Chicago and New York City don’t want National Guard troops on the ground in these crime-ridden cities, but they want more federal money to combat crime.

The leaders of these states and cities have shown they have no fiscal awareness, as the federal money gets pissed away and crime still rages on.

Sticking National Guard troops on the ground ensures our taxpayers’ money is put to good use and out of the hands of these soft-on-crime socialists.

Repeating the same thing is insanity.

Changing the way crime is attacked is the only way these cities can get better.

James Schwartz

Summit, NJ

As a true New Yorker, I see too many random acts of violence.

I read about deranged people attacking others and violent criminals shooting or stabbing people in the streets or subways.

Let there be boots on the ground because the police are not allowed to fully perform their duties without fear of being penalized.

Time to reverse the trend with affirmative action, not words.

Joseph Comperchio

Brooklyn

You would think that Democratic mayors of high-crime cities would realize that it’s the uniform presence that is deterring crime in DC, not the National Guard.

Why don’t they ask the president for more money to hire thousands of more street cops to replace the Guard?

Steven Mendelsohn

Whitestone

Someone please put a microphone in Jesse Jackson’s face and ask him: “If you were walking at night in the Southside of Chicago would you cross the street if a National Guard soldier was walking toward you?” I think not.

Mike Santavicca

Yonkers

Where is the outcry (“Bolton’s not ‘above the law,’ ” Aug. 23)?

When the FBI searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Largo for documents from the White House, the Republicans went crazy calling it unjust.

Why not apply their logic to John Bolton?

He was never president and probably had less access than Trump.

Can’t wait to watch some cable shows justifying this FBI search.

Raymond Mangano

Brooklyn

Trump fired John Bolton because he was a warmonger.

His foreign policy was always pro-conflict, like Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and the Biden advisors who ran the country under the last administration.

Neither he nor his book need to be given much attention.

Gracie Crossland

Mount Kisco

Given that the president doesn’t seem to appreciate any criticism, the raid on John Bolton’s house and office by Trump’s Justice Department could be seen as an act of retaliation for his book, although so far the situation is unclear.

If you don’t want to be criticized for your work performance, then do the job properly, fairly and without bias or favor.

Dennis Fitzgerald

Melbourne, Australia

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