Gordon Brown (Trump is pushing the world towards recession. By learning the lessons of 2008, we can still prevent it, 10 April) finds it “barely credible that the world is being brought to its knees by one economy”. Wouldn’t it be more accurate to say “by one man”?
Jennifer Jenkins
London
• Lettuce go further for Trump’s perfect vegetable incarnation (Letters, 10 April) and offer the pumpkin – a bloated orange squash, best made into a sickly sweet pie, but by far and away most associated with its crudely cut-out demonic iconography.
Richard Lee
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
• One small crumb of unity has happened throughout the globe since January (Markets slide further amid fears of escalating trade war between China and US, 11 April). If you say “The man is a total idiot” 95% of the world’s population know who you are talking about.
Ernest Howard
Driffield, East Yorkshire
• Re endless requests to leave online reviews (Letters, 8 April), Waitrose recently asked me for a review of my purchase of the Observer. I gave it five stars.
Deborah Sheridan
Finchingfield, Essex
• Tony Mitchell (Letters, 10 April) tells us that a photo of people punting on the River Cam is a sure sign that spring has arrived. Can a photo of a crowded beach – usually Bournemouth – be far behind?
Malcolm Woods
Southend-on-Sea, Essex
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