Sound Off: December 28, 2025
Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.
Leading the world
Nigerian pastors begged President Trump to help save their lives from radical jihadists, and he answered with strength and lethality against the terrorists.
Fighting terrorism
How excellent to see that terrorism is being attacked by America in any place it hides.
Trump’s message
President Trump’s Christmas message was devoid of any Christianity. It was entirely political, save for a perfunctory holiday greeting. It was boastful, hateful, and dishonest. This is wrong for our country. Deep down, most of us know that.
Christmas message
Here are some observations about the recent Christmas messages delivered by King Charles of the UK and Donald Trump of the USA. Their distinct styles and approaches are quite fascinating and reflect their underlying goals and methods of communication. Firstly, King Charles’ message was marked by a calm, careful, and unifying tone. He emphasized themes such as service, compassion, faith, and healing. Notably, he steered clear of any political discourse, aiming instead to steady the nation and foster a sense of togetherness among his people. In stark contrast, Donald Trump’s message was loud, combative, and polarizing. His speech was filled with references to enemies, even using terms like “terrorist scum.” He focused on winning, loyalty, and grievance, with politics being the core of his message. The primary goal here seemed to be energizing his base rather than promoting unity.
Stop the hate
Beginning in the wee hours, President Trump spent almost all of Christmas Day, the second holiest day in Christianity, spewing hate. Now, not tomorrow, is the time for his “supporters“ to abandon him, join together, and stop the hate.
Merry Christmas
How nice to have a president and government that isn’t afraid to say “Merry Christmas.”
Christmas miracle
It’s a miracle. The Trump Justice Department stated it had all documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. But on Christmas Eve, it miraculously announced it found over 1,000,000 more documents. That’s alot of documents to black out the names, you know ... to protect the innocent. Or is it yet another administration ploy to delay and delay the prosecution of the guilty?
Epstein back-and-forth
I am so confused. First we had the files on Pam Bondi’s desk. Then influencers had binders of the files. Then the files didn’t exist, as it was a Democratic hoax. Then, Congress mandated they be released. Then, they missed the deadline to realease them all. Now there is another one million files. Nope. The folks in charge don’t look guilty. Not at all.
Epstein files
What is all the uproar about the Epstein files as it pertains to Donald Trump? It doesn’t matter what he knew, what he did or how involved he was. He has already been convicted of a sexual assault, albeit on an adult, and that, along with Jan. 6 and his other crimes, unfortunately didn’t keep him from being elected. The Trump DOJ has had ample time to scrub any evidence of wrongdoing by whomever they want to protect. The majority of Republicans in Congress will never vote to impeach him and will continue to defend him no matter what he’s done, and the Trump Supreme Court has seen fit to give him carte blanche. The only thing that matters here is justice for the victims.
They had time
I mean, we had an entire four years of Sleepy Joe when all of these Epstein files could have been pursued, you know.
No proof needed
It seems like the Department or War can attack anyone anywhere by just declaring them terrorists. Congress is full of lame ducks. You’re fired.
America First
For a country run by an America First party, we sure are spending a lot of time attacking other countries.
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