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Sound Off: March 26, 2025

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently announced more than $580 million in cuts to defense spending.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently announced more than $580 million in cuts to defense spending. UPI

But her emails

It’s gonna be a tough couple of days for the “but her emails” crowd when our administration is texting war discussions and plans to a reporter. Only the best and brightest, right?

Criminally stupid

I knew the guys President Trump was putting in charge were incompetent, but boy howdy. I didn’t know they were incompetent enough to be planning the bombing of a country on Signal ... with a reporter present.

To be clear

I need to make sure I understand this completely: Candidate Donald Trump wanted Hillary Clinton arrested for allegedly using an unsecure email server. And now our Sec. of Defense is doing ... this?

Signal

Could someone explain this Signal thing to me and let me know where I need to sign up to get the Gaza invasion plans?

Reporter’s fault

The reporter that was added to the text chain should have removed himself.

Cyber security

If you see a Cybertruck’s tailgate fall off, get out of the way before the batteries tumble out.

Protest properly

The folks attempting to torch Elon Musk’s dealerships are showing the world what type of people they really are.

Crazy

I’ve never in my 80 years seen the absolute crazy response of the liberal Democratic party creating such nutty anti- American stunts. Who do they think they are converting to their policies and actions? I guess they want open borders with unvetted criminals not being deported, horrible public educational results, anti-American terrorists, rioting universities and fraud and abuse of taxpayers’ money. They have gone crazy with their hatred for President Trump and Elon Musk. If they can’t win, they want to riot and burn.

Immigration

I can not, for the life of me, understand how Democrats can have a problem with deporting people who broke the law by entering our country illegally. Please explain it to me like I’m a first-grader.

Perspective

The Attorney General called the Tesla vandalism a domestic terrorist attack. But the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol has brought not so much as a beep from her.

Won’t last

All the next sane president has to do is auto-pen reverse all President Trump’s executive orders. That’s how little his actions have changed anything.

Delusion

Just because you say it doesn’t mean it’s true. Egg prices are not down, gas prices are the same. The stock market is down. The only criminals running wild are in the White House.

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