Well, That Was Great!
Posted By: Dreadnought, 3/5/2025 4:36:44 PM
I am assigned the role of being the dour critic of speeches and debates, but this time I can't find a bad thing to say about Donald Trump's speech last night. Not one damn thing. It was quite literally the best speech before Congress ever, and that is saying a lot. I watched all Reagan's SOTU speeches, and they were great. But Trump really took these speeches to a new level by avoiding the "laundry list" approach to SOTU speeches and instead leaned into a different Reagan innovation: telling the American story through focusing on ordinary Americans and what brings us together.
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Well, That Was Great!
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I am assigned the role of being the dour critic of speeches and debates, but this time I can't find a bad thing to say about Donald Trump's speech last night.
Not one damn thing. It was quite literally the best speech before Congress ever, and that is saying a lot. I watched all Reagan's SOTU speeches, and they were great. But Trump really took these speeches to a new level by avoiding the "laundry list" approach to SOTU speeches and instead leaned into a different Reagan innovation: telling the American story through focusing on ordinary Americans and what brings us together.
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“President Zelensky put out a statement that said, ‘I am ready for peace and I want President Donald Trump’s leadership to bring about that peace,'”
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Hamas brushes off Trump’s threat and
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for a lasting truce 21 replies
says it will only free hostages in return
for a lasting truce 21 replies
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From obnoxious booing to childish protest signs to a sitting member of Congress having to be physically removed from the chamber, Democrats turned what should have been a solemn, dignified event into a bad reality show.
And for what? To go viral on TikTok? To book a slot on MSNBC to brag about their “resistance”?
Nothing was more disgraceful than when my colleagues refused to stand or clap when 13-year-old DJ Daniel, a brain-cancer survivor, was made an honorary Secret Service agent.