It should be painfully clear that since Donald Trump took office, he has displayed serious deterioration both mentally and physically.
It’s both alarming and troublesome for an American president, as leader of the free world, to be in such a condition. He’s not running the country as he should, and he’s ranting and raving about menial subjects while insulting and demeaning reporters who ask him relevant questions that he refuses to answer — or doesn’t know the answer to.
Congress must perform its constitutional duty and challenge this president, who continues to damage the country, which will take years to repair, if that’s at all possible.
Sandy Shuster, Boynton Beach
The Galleria’s traffic nightmare
Regarding the proposed development of the Galleria mall site in Fort Lauderdale, 3,144 rentals units will be built, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
If every housing unit has one car, there will be 3,144 more cars in the area on a regular basis.
If every unit has two cars, there will be 6,288 more cars. That’s somewhere between 3,000 and 6,000 more cars there.
The existing roads cannot handle that many cars. It will be like Aventura Mall with gridlock every day.
Traffic will back up into Coral Ridge, north through Bayview Drive, and onto Sunrise Boulevard going west and Federal Highway (U.S. 1) going north, and onto State Road A1A, going north and south.
Has the developer crunched these numbers?
Anthony Billera, Fort Lauderdale
Spirit of the season
My wish for this holiday season is that people celebrating the teachings of their religion will say many prayers and protest their leaders in government in an effort to stop our current administration and the military from continuing to kill people in the Caribbean with no due process and to stop them from sending ICE to target and terrify communities based on their skin color or their spoken language.
My wish for 2026 is that the majority of people in our country, regardless of political party or religion, follow the religious principle of acting with kindness to repair the world.
I am married to a fisherman. The idea of two people clinging to a sinking boat being murdered instead of rescued hits close to home. Most importantly, it is not in line with the religious instructions I received growing up.
Isn’t saving someone in distress an expression of your love for God?
I will continue to pray, protest and donate to organizations that fight these cruel, evil actions. History tells us clearly that we must speak out for others. If you don’t speak out, then eventually it will hit home. Please listen to your heart.
Candice Clausell, Jupiter
A nagging question
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick represents me in Congress. People are calling for her resignation (because of her indictment for stealing federal disaster funds). The reported facts do not look good, but I’ve never heard her side of the story.
As someone whom she is asking to continue to represent in Congress, I deserve a straight answer: Congresswoman, why did you keep $5,057,850 when you billed the government $50,578.50? And did you use any of that overpayment to fund your 2021 campaign?
Tom Bolf, Plantation
Where’s my monthly check?
Remember Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick’s TV ads regarding giving a certain demographic $1,000 per month for her “People’s Prosperity Plan”?
I’m still waiting.
Sherry Wipplinger, Fort Lauderdale
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