How sad that in a world of Trump-haters, they can’t put aside their hate to celebrate what our president has just accomplished.
It was an absolute travesty that the esteemed Nobel Prize committee refused to award the prize to President Trump. Even the recipient, Maria Corina Machado, dedicated her prize to Trump.
Compare what Trump did, negotiating a complex peace deal between two sworn enemies in the Middle East, in addition to other wars he helped settle, to what President Obama did in 2009 to earn his award. The Nobel Committee lauded Obama for “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
Emphasis was also given to his vision of a world free of nuclear weapons, but neither goal was fulfilled. Compare that to what Trump has done in nine months. Kudos for Trump’s outstanding effort toward world peace.
Rob Berg, Boynton Beach
What the world needs now
It was an exciting moment for Israel as the families of freed hostages celebrated their loved ones’ return, yet a bittersweet moment for the families of loved ones lost at the hands of Hamas.
The freed hostages have a long way to go before they can physically and emotionally regain their strength following their long, terrifying captivity. It’s now everyone’s wish that this cease fire is the beginning of new peace agreements in the world and the end of hate, destruction and war.
Roberta Chaleff, Tamarac
A case of sour grapes
Donald Trump’s reaction to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado reeks of sour grapes.
What on earth qualifies Trump for a Nobel?
Certainly not his huge misdirected ego. Does bashing a former president qualify? Sorry, Donald, there’s no prize for the biggest ego. Stay home and figure out how to help your country.
Audrey Frieman, Pembroke Pines
Trump’s true legacy
I’m not in a cult. I know this because I’m willing to give credit where it’s due.
I have written a number of letters critical of Donald Trump, but I will acknowledge when he does something good. Operation Warp Speed comes to mind.
The peace deal in Israel is a very good thing. On this issue, he has demonstrated leadership.
But — and it’s a big but — this moment of peace in Israel comes at an enormous cost of the American Experiment. The breakthrough was possible because Trump was in power — and keeping him in power requires overlooking or enabling everything else he stands for.
By most measures, we are sliding full speed into a dictatorship, led by a con man-turned-demagogue.
Israel will not be Trump’s legacy. It will be how he destroyed America from within. And our legacy will be how we let him.
I. Scott Singerman, Delray Beach
Crossing the great divide
Reader Mike Corcoran in Deerfield Beach dislikes the Sun Sentinel opinion pages but still reads them — no doubt looking for positive thoughts about our president (“Baked-in bias?,” Oct. 12).
Good for Mike. It is not a bad thing to leave the Fox News foxhole and find out what Trump non-believers think of a man who almost daily says what he can to hurt or shame good people either directly or through Pam Bondi.
Many in the anti-Trump population, me included, are waiting for MAGA sympathizers to say no mas and defect. Hopefully, Mr. Corcoran will be one of those who crosses the great divide.
Maida Kahn, Boca Raton
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