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– Adam Wollner
Taken from Trump’s State of the Union address
Written by Sahil Kapur
The president Donald Trump delivered a successful State of the Union address tonight, declaring that he had ushered in “America’s golden age” while mocking House Democrats and blaming the country’s problems on them.
The address comes at a dangerous time for Trump as his approval ratings have plummeted. Americans have lost confidence in him on the economy for the first time in his political career, according to a number of polls, revealing problems for his party ahead of November’s midterm elections.
Still, Trump did not suggest he would adjust his domestic or foreign policies in response. On issues ranging from immigration to the economy to foreign policy, Trump’s speech was heavy on promoting his existing policies and offering new ones.
Here are three takeaways from his talk, which clocked in at 1 hour and 47 minutes.
To celebrate his wealth: Trump shamelessly celebrated the economy, lifting the stock market “all the time.”
“We have reached a revolution that no one has seen before. A revolution since ancient times,” he said. “We will not go back to where we were a short time ago.”
Trump said that short of acknowledging the economic pain and pessimism that many Americans report feeling when it comes to wages and expenses, he instead announced that prices are falling. To the extent that he acknowledged that problems exist, he placed the blame on his predecessor and the Democrats in Congress.
Immigration violations: Trump took credit for his crackdown on immigration, boasting that he had cracked down on illegal immigration and delivered “the strongest border in American history.”
He gave extended remarks highlighting victims of violence and crimes committed by people who were in the US illegally, with some family members of the victims sitting in the audience.
Trump did not speak Alex Pretti again Renee GoodAmerican citizens killed by federal agents in Minneapolis. But Rep. Norma TorresD-Calif., held a sign displaying their photos. Reps. Ilhan OmarD-Minn., and Rashida TlaibD-Mich., repeatedly shouted at Trump: “He killed the American people.”
Conflict with Democrats: Trump did not extend olive branches to the Democrats, instead he repeatedly mocked them and blamed them for high spending. He expressed anger at the idea that he had not followed through on his promise to lower prices immediately.
He criticized the former President Joe Biden “and his corrupt allies in Congress and beyond” on inflation and “new green fraud” and accused them of supporting “open borders for everyone.”
“The same people in this room who voted for those disasters are suddenly using the word ‘unaffordability.’ The word — they just used it, somebody gave it to them,” a visibly frustrated Trump said. “You caused that problem,” he added, pointing to Democrats.
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