Summary
Trump’s speech to Congress was a campaign-style tirade filled with falsehoods, personal grievances, and attacks on Democrats.
He exaggerated economic issues, blamed Biden for inflation, and misrepresented Social Security data. He renewed imperialist rhetoric about annexing Greenland and the Panama Canal while distorting U.S. aid figures to Ukraine.
Trump spent more time on culture war issues than policy, vowing to end “wokeness.” He also falsely claimed his legal troubles were political persecution.
Meanwhile, markets reeled from his new tariffs, which he dismissed. The speech showed deep partisan divides and his continued reliance on misinformation.
This bigoted asshole managed to demonize trans people not only once, but twice.
He’s literally a propaganda spouting machine
If only we could have seen this coming
Every time he said something like “it’s never been done before, until I did it”, I’m reminded that sensible guardrails prevented previous presidents from overreach.
Trump has been actively removing those safeguards, regulations, and guardrails.
So, when he boasts, it’s worth keeping that context in mind.
I watched it for about 30 seconds. I couldn’t stand hearing his lies and disgusting face.
He objectively has a really whiny voice. It’s just so high pitched and so shreeky.
I just can’t listen to it at all.
Like nails on a chalkboard or metal scraping on metal. Barf
Same - just as I started watching he was saying the democrats had weaponised law enforcement against their political opponents, on the day that said he would crack down on political opponents in universities. (I know he’s abusing law enforcement in many other ways - it just struck me that the that the university protest crack down was one of the big stories of the day. Such a stark example of “every accusation is a confession”)
He’s a narcissistic toddler. What do you expect?
Calling him a toddler is dangerous. It diminishes the impact of his actions.
He’s a Russian puppet, installed to destroy our country, and that’s exactly what he’s doing.
Enough parents in the US have been shot by their toddlers.
As a Texan, I’m painfully aware.
It’s so pathetic how the GOP members of Congress applaud every lie and absurdity Trump says. The GOP is completely lost.
As are the Democrats, which pretty much means the US political process is completely lost.
This both-sides nonsense is so tiresome in the face of a fascist cult of personality.
Was it a both sides thing? I read it more as since the Democrats are throwing very little opposition (holding up tiny little signs like Wile E Coyote before gravity kicks in? That’s it??) it’s game over.
I do think there’s at least some validity to it. Both have issues for sure. But it’s starting to seem like putting a school bully and a mass murderer on the same level of shititude at this point. Both sides suck to an extent. Both sides absolutely don’t suck equally tho from my perspective.
This “democrats are the alternative” is just more bullshit. Sure, they’re not about the narcissistic cleptocracy, just about your run of the mill plutocracy. As if that’s any better.
At least the incompetency and recklessness of the current clown-in-chief might make it all blow up sooner rather than later, which to be honest, is probably the best outcome at this point.
The lack of substantive opposition to Republicans for decades has been a big reason why they’ve been able to slide us into fascism. The sooner people like you wake up to this, the sooner we have a chance to actually do something about it.
I would love for the Democrats to be further left but trying to equate their business-as-usual ineffectiveness to Trump’s attempts to start wars with Denmark and Canada while cozying up to Russia and letting his Nazi buddy dismantle the government is fucking idiotic.
And yelling about how they suck everytime someone criticizes Trump starts to feel disingenuous after a while.
I would love to understand why anyone should expect the Democratic Party the improve if they aren’t called out or held accountable for either their long history of fucking this up, or their continued active fucking up as was displayed in full force last night.
I agree that Democrats aren’t as bad as Republicans. But clinging to their slim moral superiority (and it is slim when you consider their actual record), and downplaying decades of fascist enablement as merely ‘ineffectiveness’ really demonstrates how not up-to-the-task some of the constituents are. It signals that nothing is going to change and we can expect fascism to march onward with Democrats slowly starting to pick up the mantle and join in. Don’t accuse me of hyperbole, I just listened to the Democratic response in which she waxed on nostalgic for Ronald Fucking Reagan.
I suppose that I shouldn’t blame the Democratic electorate too much, as the party has never (in my lifetime) shown leadership on policy or cultivated expectations from its supporters beyond “Republicans bad so you have no choice”. That doesn’t work, as demonstrated by decades of eroding support, lack of legislation, lost elections, and an Overton window that only ever moves in one direction. Calling this out is not idiotic, it’s rational. From a purely self-interested point of view, it’s idiotic for the party to ignore and deride this sentiment.
He renewed imperialist rhetoric about annexing Greenland and the Panama Canal while distorting U.S. aid figures to Ukraine.
What i heard him actually say would normally get most Presidents impeached.
He specifically called Mexico’s government illegitimate.
Regarding Greenland > No is an answer. No explanation needed from DK.
Trump is very good at not seeking consent and ignoring limits. Just ask E Jean Carroll.
I mean he could invade it. And he could take it no issue. Not like we Danes could stand up to the US Army. But if he does invade then the US would quickly become a pariah state.
China would jump for joy at the chance to cripple their biggest geopolitical rival. They would push for sanctions on the US. The EU would probably back them to show solidarity for a member state. Canada and Mexico are already irate with the US so they wouldn’t take a lot of convincing to join. Especially Canada as this would signal they could be next. The economic woes the US is experiencing right now would look like a joke compared to what would happen in that scenario.
Would also spell the end of NATO most likely. Unless the other members decide to stick around without the US. Russia would probably declare the day a National Holiday.
All that is his goal.
Trump is a genuine man-child. He probably doesn’t understand half of what he’s saying or what it means whatsoever, and why is “wokeness” even taken seriously as a political talking point?
He just does things he’s told to do like he has no autonomy, but I guess you can’t expect more from Putin’s licking dog.
