It was a delight to read Yonden Lhatoo’s article in the Sunday Morning Post , wherein he took US politicians to task for their insidious support for the riots in Hong Kong (“ Fix your own problems first, America, never mind ours ”). Well said, sir. Sadly, chickens are coming home to roost for Senator Ted Cruz, Representative Nancy Pelosi and others of their ilk. Just as in Hong Kong, the law-abiding public suffers. The September 11 attacks brought home to politicians and the American public at large the true horrors of terrorism. Similarly, we may see the political classes and mainstream media in the US becoming more circumspect in their support for the rioters of Hong Kong in light of the arson, vandalism and looting taking place in their own cities. They will surely take a more jaundiced view of those protest-supporting Hong Kong politicians beating a path to their doors to pour out their perceived grievances. Will these politicians in Hong Kong declare their support for the oppressed African-Americans and others protesting for what they see as a just cause? Or will they remain silent for fear of causing offence to their supporters in the US, thereby being viewed as hypocrites? They are on the horns of a dilemma. B.J. Carroll, South Horizons Trump hypocrisy in full display in stance on China I fully echo the views of Yonden Lhatoo in his May 31 article. While the passing of George Floyd is a tragedy, it exposes the irrationality and hypocrisy of the US government and its no-matter-what anti-China narrative. Since Donald Trump became president of the United States, we have witnessed the “progress” of America in international politics. Putting his governance in his own country and policies towards countries like Russia and North Korea aside, it should prove entertaining to trace Trump’s responses towards the Chinese government’s efforts on beating Covid-19: from blame to praise, and praise to blame; and on the trade issue, from intimidation to cooperation and back again. Trump’s condemnation of the Hong Kong police’s restrained and non-lethal strategies to deal with the local rioters, compared with his arrogant and violent words in response to the demonstrations across the US, only reveal his hypocrisy and incompetence. It is obvious what he has been doing is aimed at ensuring success in the November presidential polls. Hong Kong has been unfortunate to be trapped in their schemes, but what is worse is that many Hong Kong people are willing to be manipulated. Sheena Chan, Lam Tin