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Sound Off: January 25, 2026

US President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with NATO's Secretary-General on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2026. The World Economic Forum takes place in Davos from January 19 to January 23, 2026. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with NATO's Secretary-General on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2026. AFP via Getty Images

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

Davos

President Trump gave a master class in leadership. Trump is playing 4D chess while everyone else is playing tic-tac-toe.

Congratulations

President Trump shook up the entire world to land an incredible deal which gets America ... exactly everything it had before. Art of the Deal!

Denmark and NATO

Can you imagine the feelings of a Danish Gold star parent when President Trump said that the Danes had never done anything for us at the conference at Davos.

Obama deportations

The reason there was no negative publicity over President Obama deporting 4 million illegals was because Republicans knew he was doing the right thing for the country.

Enlightened

A commentary yesterday brought to light and focus the real picture of why we have all this chaos. Trump is a radical rich capitalist who does not believe in democracy, never did despite his flag hugging photo ops.

Fraud

If your family, neighbors or politicians stole directly from you, would you be upset? Apparently there is a radical segment of our population that is not upset and feels like stealing is quite OK. We, as taxpayers, are subsidizing the fraud and the guilty people need to held accountable.

If it walks like a duck ...

The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany known for its brutal suppression of opposition, investigation of treason, and crucial role operating above the law to arrest and persecute perceived enemies of the state.

Go away

All the Nazi protesters in Minneapolis need to load up planes and take a pilgrimage to Iran and put their thuggery to good use. You want to see a tiny glimpse of Nazi Germany? You all would fit right in.

Epstein files

If you are hanging your hat on the Epstein files, you are going to be heartbreakingly disappointed.

We’re waiting

So far we’ve gotten a lot of campaign promises, a law passed by our government and ... 1% of the Epstein files. Super.

Who?

Who the heck is Joe Rogan and, more importantly, who cares?

ICE

If you’re still pretending that ICE always tells the truth, or that it’s careful about what houses it breaks into or what people it stops on the street, you’re not paying attention. ICE agents are not careful, because under Trump there are no consequences

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