When we turn on friends, all security is lost
Fishkill, N.Y.: Voicer Daniel Dolgicer was correct about President Trump’s delusional and dangerous threats to Greenland and to its protector, fellow NATO member Denmark. Trump is ignorant about, among other things, U.S. history. During his first administration, some tried to teach him. His most senior military and foreign policy advisors attempted to give him necessary tutorials about the basic facts of NATO’s founding and its vital importance to our own national security and economic prosperity. They failed. His “instincts” and willful ignorance prevailed over facts and history.
Denmark was one of the first European nations to join the alliance and one of the first NATO members to rush to assist the U.S. after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Only the U.S. and England lost more men and women per capita killed in action than Denmark. Does Trump even know the U.S. asked for NATO’s help under Article 5 of the treaty, and that Denmark and the alliance rushed to help us in Afghanistan and Iraq? Does Trump know or care that it was the Danish resistance during World War II that at extremely great risk ferried their Jewish fellow citizens and refugees to neutral Sweden? The Danish fight for freedom and human rights is long and storied. We should honor it, not reject it in a bid to follow one of Trump’s craziest delusions.
Why is it that every day, as Dolgicer points out, Trump takes the side of our enemies, even emulating their aggression, while betraying our friends? Trump’s ultimate betrayal of Ukraine is staring us in the face. Vladimir Putin is loving every minute of this standoff with a fellow NATO member. Gerald Browne
Off the rails
Davidson, N.C.: We are facing a serious situation. Trump’s proposals are dangerous. We need to do something to stop him. It’s obvious that his mental capability has declined. When you watch him speak, he mumbles and seems not to know what he’s saying. His Greenland proposal could put us in a war with Denmark and other NATO members. NATO doesn’t mean anything to him. Perhaps he thought he could do what Putin did by threatening Zelenskyy so Russia could take large regions of Ukraine, which he did. Trump’s plan to move more U.S. military into Greenland would be considered an invasion. What would he do if China invades Taiwan? If an Asian country sent troops to one of our islands in the Pacific, it could say it is protecting that island. Sorrell Chesin
One letter off
Macungie, Pa.: Before getting any consideration for his beloved “NOBLE” prize, Trump should be able to spell it. Bob Smagula
Catastrophized comparison
Astoria: To Voicer Fred Portoff: How is enforcing federal immigration law, i.e. expelling people who have no legal right to be in the country, “mirroring Hitler’s Germany, Il Duce’s Italy, the current status of Vladimir Putin’s Russia and Xi Jinping’s China, as well as the juntas of Latin America”? Bradley Morris
Pull that purse
Kitchener, Ontario: Even Americans who voted for Trump must be disturbed now: masked ICE agents kidnapping fathers and mothers from their workplaces, teargassing women and children and beating, shooting and killing innocent civilians who are no threat to them. It’s like a newsreel out of history, or a TV report from Iran. U.S. citizens have leverage to make this violence stop. The 2026 funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, still needs to be passed by Congress. But ICE already gets more funding than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined. So call your representative and both of your senators and urge them to do two things: 1) Make sure ICE gets no additional funding. 2) Force ICE agents to obey the law — ban masks, require body cameras and make it known that any agents who commit crimes will be prosecuted just like anyone else. Albert Daigen
Could be you next
Manhattan: The president of the United States / Has declared war on our country / Boots on the ground in Minneapolis / ICE agents depriving citizens of justice and liberty / Show me your papers / What is your name / Where were you born / Have they no shame! / Dragging folks / Out of their cars at will / Breaking windows / And shooting to kill / This is not America / We’re living in a nightmare / Stand up for the Constitution / Speak out, show you care / Don’t wait until you are / Facing the barrel of a gun / The next target of a masked, armed agent / Could be anyone / Now is the time / Hear my plea / It is up to us / To save our democracy. Phoebe Celentano
All for the votes
Howard Beach: To my fellow Voicers: Thank you for your comments. Next subject is Gov. Hochul. Do you know that our property taxes increase automatically every year thanks to past actions from our present governor? And she wants to increase state taxes. Congestion pricing is subject to increase after 2026 for drivers going into Manhattan. New York has the highest taxes in the entire country. So why does she want to do this? It’s simple: to pay and support immigrants so they don’t have to work, pay for their health care, and in turn will vote for every Democrat running for office in New York. So you can attack me any way you want, but remember, you’re paying to support people who dislikes us, talk bad about the American people, and for some of them to do harm to us. Now who’s the smart one? Nick Di Pasquale
Lipstick on a pig
Brooklyn: The other night, I was watching the news and who popped on the screen? Gov. Yokel, Mayor Madmani and Lady Tisch. They all were touting the drop in crime in NYC in 2025. I read your paper every day and on a daily basis there is either one or multiple shootings, stabbings, etc. If this means anything, one shooting a day means at least 365 a year. I realize they must push these low crime figures to not scare prospective tourists who the city depends on for the money they spend here. I assume none of the three stooges read your paper because if they did, they would not have had the gall to stand in front of the cameras touting this drivel, which is an insult to the intelligence of most New Yorkers. Dominic D’Allesandro
City-run
Brooklyn: I’m happy to hear Mamdani is enforcing city laws regarding housing. But it’s easy to go after private companies. My question, Mr. Mayor, is when will you begin cleaning the city’s housing disaster known as NYCHA? We pay taxes to provide safe housing for those in need. NYCHA is responsible for up to 2,500 buildings. Our neediest neighbors live in abhorrent conditions, subject to crime, broken elevators and no heat for months. I suggest you start cleaning your own house, sir. You are now the landlord for a half-million residents. Susan Caprio
Dead by delay
Manhattan: Hochul threw her executive weight behind the cap-and-invest program that the Climate Action Council carefully articulated in the Scoping Plan ordered by the Climate Leadership and Climate Protection Act (CLCPA). But then she did an about-face. She repeatedly delayed the DEC and NYSERPA putting the final regulatory touches on the program. Behind the fossil fuel and business lobbies, these delays stand as the third most forceful obstacle to New York’s fulfilling its CLCPA clean climate objectives. When defeated in court, she defended her delays in the court’s appellate division. Now Hochul tells the world she’s turning to five gigawatts of nuclear energy – calculated to cost, based on Georgia’s recent 15-year-delayed nuclear project, $80 billion in yesterday’s dollars. She’s effectively throwing CLCPA’s clean energy over in favor of the fossil fuels we’ll be inhaling (at health costs of $48 billion per year) until her nuclear kicks in. Thomas A. Caffrey
No such record
Brookfield, Conn.: Let me see if I have this straight. John Harbaugh has been a head coach for 18 seasons, and during that time his teams have won exactly — drumroll here, please — one Super Bowl. But for a mere $100 million, he’s going to lead the Giants to the promised land. You’ll pardon me if I don’t hold my breath waiting for that to happen. Bob Lovell
