Trump tried to play president with his State Of The Union, but all he did was expose his weakness and failure.
Here are the lowlights in clips:
Trump began with his bogus call for unity.
Trump begins his #SOTU with a bogus call for unity. pic.twitter.com/D6ZR3g4FJy
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— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 6, 2019
Trump devoted an entire section of his speech to lying about the economy:
A whole section of Trump #SOTU lies about the economy. pic.twitter.com/2GqbfMuBYw
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 6, 2019
Trump complained that Democrats have to stop investigating him:
Trump uses #SOTU to claim that investigations of his crimes hurt the economy. pic.twitter.com/g8nEwpHbkh
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 6, 2019
The president vowed to build his wall:
Trump vows to get the wall built at the #SOTU (He won't). pic.twitter.com/C9WXL70y9F
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 6, 2019
Trump also called for more tariffs. Trump wanted infrastructure, but it became clear that Trump had a very strange meaning of unity. Trump talked about lowering the cost of healthcare and protecting patients with preexisting conditions. Trump repeated his lie about declining drug prices and didn’t mention that he is trying to take health insurance away from people with preexisting conditions.
To Trump, Unity is giving him everything that he wants.
Trump’s “address” was really nothing more than a call for Democrats to give him everything that he wants. Trump’s odd definition of unity didn’t involve compromise, but Democrats agreeing with all of Trump’s agenda. This wasn’t a speech about unity. It was the spectacle of an unpopular president with no political capital acting like he could bend Democrats to his will.
Donald Trump’s State Of The Union Was A Total Failure
Trump said that he had an agenda, but his speech had no vision for the future. The address was full of lies, and the now standard Trump bragging about getting things done quickly that aren’t happening. A powerful president can lead and set the tone and agenda for the country. Donald Trump said words, but there was no power, leadership, or direction behind what he was saying.
Never has a first-term president given a State Of The Union that was as weak and inconsequential as the one that Trump offered.
Donald Trump is so on the ropes that he used the State Of The Union to try pander to his base and give them a reason to stick with him in 2020.
While Trump to play the role of president, Trump exposed himself as a failure.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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