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Fitness test, the national debt and more: Sun Herald readers Sound Off

President Donald Trump speaks during a proclamation signing in the Oval Office of the White House on May 5, in Washington, DC. President Trump signed a presidential memorandum restoring the Presidential Fitness Test Award, which was reinstated by executive order in July 2025 and reintroduces a performance-based benchmark in physical education.
President Donald Trump speaks during a proclamation signing in the Oval Office of the White House on May 5, in Washington, DC. President Trump signed a presidential memorandum restoring the Presidential Fitness Test Award, which was reinstated by executive order in July 2025 and reintroduces a performance-based benchmark in physical education. Getty Images

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

Great job

Excited to hear that President Trump has brought back the Presidential Fitness Test. It never should have gone away.

Dangerous

The government is near a dangerous point, but is Washington paying attention? The size of the national debt surpassed the nation’s total economic output. I fear that President Trump is bankrupting our country just as he did several of his companies. He is not and never has been a fiscal conservative, as we expect Republicans to be.

Follow / send money

Nothing says “champion of accountability” quite like passing the digital tip jar after getting arrested by the police. The self-appointed guardian of taxpayer ethics (Biloxi Politics Uncensored), who spent years accusing city leaders and commissions of financial misconduct, now apparently believes the public should help finance his personal legal problems. It’s a fascinating evolution: from “follow the money” to “please send money.” Evidently, financial outrage is only unacceptable when someone else benefits from it.

Profiteering

To the person who wrote that the Trump children are robbing the treasury, could you back that up with facts in another Sound Off?

Scapegoat

A female accountant has been sentenced to one year in the Mississippi welfare embezzlement of funds. What about Brett Favre and Phil Bryant who received the money and the other gave it to him?

Mo’ money

The Trump ballroom “gift to America” has morphed from $200 million to $300 million, to $400 million all by donation, to $400 million by taxpayers, to $1 billion by taxpayers. I hope you love that it’s “under budget and ahead of schedule,” Trump worshipers.

Stop the divide

Every true citizen of the United States of America should immediately contact their Congressman and demand they cosponsor H.R. 1772 making English the official language of government operations. One nation deserves one common language that unites Americans, strengthens assimilation, and protects taxpayers. Do not stay silent, contact Congress today and demand action.

Send your Sound Offs to soundoff@sunherald.com.

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