J Lash from Hawera (The Weekend Sun, January 31, page 29) offered me a $20 bet on Trump being returned to power. There is no way I would take that wager or any other on the subject. It is not merit that decides US elections it's campaign spending.

One hundred senators pledge themselves to be impartial in impeachment proceedings against Trump. Then the Republican Senators voted along party lines to not allow witnesses. They had no desire for the truth.

It's not just the president that is corrupt, their whole system is corrupt. Money is the supreme ruler.

These influential men are selling off our environment to the highest bidder; with little or no regard to immediate or long term effects

P Dolden Papamoa.