Cash return to Iran was no conspiracy

The letter from Thomas Stuart about President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran deal repeats a myth that just won’t go away (“Trump stands tall by rejecting ‘deal’,” Star-Advertiser, Letters, May 10).

When President Barack Obama lifted sanctions against Iran, all of Iran’s money that had been frozen in American banks had to be returned to them.

Since Iran’s banking system was in disarray, the money was returned in cash.

A lot of conspiracy theories about these cash “payments” to Iran have caused a lot of confusion, which is why Stuart described this event as “low-profile unmarked American aircraft delivering pallets of cash to runways in Iran” as somehow alluding to them being a payment to the Iranians.

Although I agree there are parts of the Iran deal that were not great, the returning of their cash is less sinister than he implies.

Tina Shaffer

Kailua

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President set bad example for youth

You probably heard that it’s better for an adult to be thrown into the ocean with a heavy object tied around him, than for him to set a bad example for children.

This comes to mind when we see Donald Trump’s second lady Stormy Daniels on TV revealing their affair and Trump lying about paying her off; or his lack of candor even after being caught bragging how he sexually assaulted women. A real president is supposed to be setting a good example. A fake president, not so much.

What are parents to say when their son tells them when he grows up he wants to be like Trump, or their daughter tells them she’s going into show business like Daniels?

Is Congress going to wait until a volcano erupts at the White House before they impeach the predator inside who is doing harm to the country and our children?

Ed Stevens

Mililani

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Pele didn’t block Mauna Kea scopes

It seems incredibly obvious to me that, if Pele did not want another telescope on Mauna Kea, there would not be any telescopes on Mauna Kea. I guess the media did not get the message.

Rico Leffanta

Kakaako