Sir, – “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” – George Orwell, 1984. If we reject the truth we witness with our eyes and our ears on the killings in the streets of Donald Trump’s United States, then not only will American democracy perish, our own democracy will also eventually perish alongside it. We cannot allow ourselves to be deceived. – Yours, etc,MICHAEL MARTIN,Clonsilla,Dublin 15.

Source: The Irish Times January 28, 2026 16:32 UTC