Re: “A president who talks like a genocidal maniac” — Sun Sentinel Editorial, April 8, 2026.
Thank you for your excellent editorial on Donald Trump’s fitness for office.
He has revealed a murderous philosophy shared by other 20th century dictators: genocide. On social media he threatened that “a whole civilization will die tonight” unless Iran agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz and end hostilities.
His statement was condemned around the world, and it should have shaken every American to their core.
Such a threat cannot be dismissed just because he failed to carry out his apocalyptic blackmail threat. The fact that he made such a declaration, and is capable of such thinking, is proof of his sociopathic mind.
As the former Yale historian Timothy Snyder, an expert on tyranny and genocide, put it, “Whatever happens tonight, or any other night in this war, is now legally defined by the president’s statement.”
Snyder says Trump practices “sado-populism,” using threats and cruelty to subdue his perceived opponents while sabotaging democracy by “destroying institutional trust.” Trump has spoken. We must repudiate.
— June S. Neal, Delray Beach
Removing Trump ‘could never happen’
The price of regular gas is shown $5.39 at a Shell station on Glades Road in Boca Raton on Monday, April 6, 2026. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun Sentinel)
After reading another bogus editorial bashing everything President Trump is doing, all one can assume is that the paper is trying to get him thrown out of office.
Obviously, this could never happen.
Even if it did, be careful what you wish for: Our great Vice President JD Vance will take over and hopefully continue down the same path. If he were gone, the great Marco Rubio would step in.
The opinion page called Trump a genocidal maniac for using foul language (as has been done to him by Democratic politicians 100 times), and because he threatened Iran’s regime. Since when would this be genocidal, when in fact it forced Iran to want to make a deal?
The war is paused, which the Sun Sentinel wanted, and they are still not happy.
For a war that’s been going for only five weeks, we need to be patient. The average retiree down here is spending around $10 a week more on gas. There is no shortage of oil and gas in the U.S. thanks to Trump, who wants to “drill, baby, drill.”
— Mark Goldstein, Boca Raton
A lot more facts, please
A portion of the Sun Sentinel’s front page of Sunday, April 12, 2026.
I have been the Sun Sentinel’s biggest fan for decades (including the cost of the daily print edition), and rarely do I find fault.
But Sunday’s paper was an exception. The front page and two more pages plus tawdry pictures covering wrestling, while burying crucial subjects on the opinion page?
(I doubt that the wrestling story will compel President Trump to subscribe.)
Considering the worldwide dearth of honest information, even in legacy media, the Sun Sentinel should be the flagship in reporting the facts and just the facts (about the Florida TaxWatch report mentioned in Steve Bousquet’s column, for example).
The paper is often skewered for bias. Why not go cold turkey on occasion and report economic statistics with no shading? Another topic begging to be factually reported is property taxes, what they pay for and what services communities would lose if property taxes were eliminated.
Hundreds of issues are ignored or misconstrued because people are not presented with enough facts. The letter writer on Sunday’s opinion page who said there is objective news and opinion is living in the past. The twain have met, with disastrous results.
— Susan Breece, Boca Raton
On the front page
Was it really necessary to put a story about “professional” wrestling at breweries on the front page when you could have instead placed a real news story that impacts South Florida?
— Seth Wexler, Plantation
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