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Sound Off: August 9, 2025

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pa., Aug. 3, 2025.
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pa., Aug. 3, 2025. NYT

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

Enough bashing

The Trump Derangement Syndrome crowd never lets up in Sound Off. President Trump could cure cancer, and they’d complain he’s putting doctors out of work. Their baseless accusations are constant and never backed up. Those of us with common sense want a strong America — and that’s exactly why we support Donald J. Trump. He delivers.

Phone calls

I shouldn’t be getting a phone call from Washington D.C. every weekday. This is ridiculous. I thought we did away with these robo calls. I block it and they call again from a number a few digits off from the last.

Mask up

I know because of COVID, no one wants to hear about masks, but hear me out. I first learned about N95 masks after Katrina. It was recommended to get them working in a house that may have mold. I used them working in my house and also while helping some others clean out their homes. I strongly suggest you pick up a supply and put them in your hurricane kit.

Another lie

It turns out that Jeffrey Epstein’s Mar-a-Lago membership remained in effect through 2007, more than a year after he was arrested. So much for Trump kicking him out of Mar-a-Lago. Just another Trump lie.

Now you care?

Remember when Michelle Obama wanted to make school lunches healthier, and conservatives went insane because eating garbage was an American right? Now they’re suddenly super worried about what soda is doing to SNAP recipients. Politics, man.

Democrats

The Democrats’ ability to lecture anybody on democracy plummeted when they failed to primary Joe Biden.

So long

The Howard Stern show was done as soon as he tried to help in the President Biden dementia coverup.

Send your Sound Offs to soundoff@sunherald.com.

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