Hoping for some change
Visitors who step into their home are greeted with "Fire and Fury: Inside the
"I'm embarrassed to have him as our president," Salon said. "He is just not intelligent."
Salon and her son come from a family of democrats, stemming as far back as
They expressed disgust with Trump's actions -- like his alleged misdeeds with women, plans to build a wall along the Mexican border and placement of family members in positions around him -- and hope he will be removed before the end of his term.
Some of their concerns lie with the future of the country's health care system as Trump and other lawmakers continue looking at changing the Affordable Care Act. Costs for some of Salon's prescriptions are rising and she fears leaders might make changes that impact her even more.
"I couldn't exist without Medicare and I would hate to think at some point they might start digging into it and using it and starting to throw it away," she said.
Salon supports a new, single-payer health insurance system and she is disappointed in lawmakers' reluctance to consider such a change.
The pair also bristled at the
Salon's father's parents and her mother immigrated to the
"A wall is not going to solve anything," Lakritz said. "He should spend the money on border security and employ people instead of spending billions of dollars on a wall that's going to do nothing."
Salon has seen her fair share of presidents through her life. She recalled first voting for
"There's some you like and some you don't," Salon said. "But he's dangerous. I really think he is a dangerous person."
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