Sound Off: August 1, 2025

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

Starvation

If I was president today, I would send the 82nd Airborne division (of which I am a veteran of) and the Marines to get food and formula to the people of Gaza. The 82nd has a brigade ready to go 24 hours a day and can be there ready to rock in a day. The Marines will get there as soon as the ship, and they know how to rock, too. How we as a country can stand by and watch this is a national embarrassment.

Truth matters

It sounds like some Trump supporters don’t like seeing the truth about President Trump in Sound Off.

Biden’s failures

President Biden tried to unite the country? You can’t be serious. If he did anything, it was rip the United States in half with silly DEI and vile policies that destroyed America.

BBC and Epstein

Google “BBC Epstein brother” and you’ll get an earful about this whole mess. American Media is handling it with kid gloves, but the BBC interviews Epstein’s brother and lets it all out.

Immigration

I’m not sure what we did for dishwashers, house keepers, meatpacking-plant workers and the harvesting of crops before the illegal immigrants invaded our country during the previous administration.

All about control

President Trump is considering unfreezing 1.3 billion dollars in funds for after-school programs. It would have been less chaotic if the cuts and freezing could have been done in a productive and thoughtful way.

TACO Thursday

Interesting reading on a Thursday: President Donald Trump announced via Truth Social that he is delaying the imposition of new tariffs on Mexico just hours before a self-imposed August 1 deadline, citing a “very successful” call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum. The decision marks a notable retreat from Trump’s previous pledge not to extend negotiations without a formal agreement—yet another instance fueling the emerging Wall Street adage, “TACO,” shorthand for “Trump Always Chickens Out.”

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