Trump: “…and America is respected again, perhaps like never before.” Mr speech writer, you were looking for the word “Ridiculed”.
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Oh, no. Not protest pins!!!
well, actually it reads
many of whom wore protest pins, shouted him down and accused him of spreading lies and sidestepping the Epstein files.
True, still not much, but some things start small. Let's hope the US figures it out in time. For their sake. For the rest of the world it's mostly irritating but we'll find new ways and reliable partners. Even if the US makes a full 180 turn today, it will be decades before they will be trusted and respected again.
I don't know what these people expect congressmen to do at a state of the union address.
Jesus fuck I can’t stand his voice for two seconds, I can’t imagine two hours.
It probably condenses down into two paragraphs of actual conceptual thoughts though.
"Everything is great and its because of me, and some things are bad and thats because of democrats and illegals"
He went full joe brandon (derogatory) and just said everything is great lol.
It was wild watching some Democrats clap and Jeffries call for decorum while Trump called them shameful demons and did the public loyalty tests.
It wouldn't have killed the Democrats to start chanting 'Epstein, Epstein' and 'Release the files' with how much of a lunatic showing it was. Or just boycott it, FFS.
What a farce. He should have to pay for airtime if it's just the same old lies he spews. There was absolutely nothing new at all in that speech but it took us away from his pedophilia for a little bit, didn't it?
this is one reason I did not watch. whats the point.