Ballroom price, Dems lose in VA and more: Sun Herald Sound Off for May 9, 2026

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

His words

“This is a GIFT (ZERO taxpayer funding!) to the United States of America, of 300 to 400 Million Dollars (depending on the scope and quality of interior finishes!), for a desperately needed space,” President Trump wrote on his social media site in January. Oops.

Glad you asked

Ways Trump’s family has benefited from his administration: Crypto currency ventures tied to the family, foreign business deals, campaign & political spending, Saudi/Gulf State connection, Jared Kushner’s Saudi-backed investment fund, use of the presidency to promote products ...

Ballroom

Nothing screams TDS like saying the old White House ballroom was fine. Spoiler alert: it never existed.

Trump and kids

The video of President Trump discussing his new fitness plan with kids in the Oval Office is beyond weird. He talks with kids about bombing Iran, ending 8 wars, and to top it off, suggests a little girl is too short to play volleyball and should stick to soccer. You couldn’t make stuff any weirder up.

Sorry, Virginia

Seems your little plan to give more seats to the Democrats has failed. Oh, the horror.

Womp, womp

Score one for the rule of law. Virginia will not be redistricting.

It worked!

Well, it worked. The Iran war has pretty much pushed the Epstein issue out of the news. Those remaining files must have some pretty bad stuff in them to warrant starting a war to cover them up. By the way, where are the rest of the Epstein files. Let’s have them.

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