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Readers sound off on diversionary policies, Trump’s reign and Mamdani as mayor

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25.02.2026

Distracting us with bombastic words and bombs

Hackensack, N.J.: Mr. President, where are those Epstein files? You’ve only released about 2% of the data, and even those documents were redacted beyond recognition. What’s the problem? You’re like a first-grader who keeps showing up to class with the same tired “the dog ate my homework” excuse.

Now that Greenland was a predictably embarrassing bust, what’s the next diversion from those files? A suggestion: Surprise us and take a week away from a news camera to give us all a much-deserved break from the public whining about your predecessor or perceived slights from anyone who doesn’t worship at your altar of stupidity. It’s laughable coming from a spoiled child of privilege such as yourself. Your corrupt presidency of graft, vengeance and ceaseless vacillation between loudly complaining and loudly boasting has become like a jackhammer outside our collective window every day since your inauguration.

If you want to raise your bottom-of-the-barrel approval ratings that are now hovering slightly below those of the COVID virus you once proclaimed was a hoax, please attempt to control your childlike need for attention and stay away from a news camera for just one week so that we can all catch our breath as a nation. Being forced to listen to your endless blather every day has become tiresome. Don’t worry, your quickly dwindling group of sheep-like cultists will still be there when you return. Ken Byrnes

Ozone Park: Between President Trump saying that people of his ilk can grab women between their legs and the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor for corroborating with Epstein, I’m glad I missed the wealth train. These lower-case individuals can pretend they were........

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