There are a number of topics that are inevitably going to be included in the speech. You can take it to the bank that Trump will: rant endlessly about illegal immigration; portray himself as a victim of a weaponized law enforcement and judicial system; complain about crime; claim that Biden has sold us out to the Chinese; and attack Biden on inflation without providing any plausible plan for reducing the cost of living. But what are the known unknowns?
Here are the questions for the speech:
- Will Trump try to justify his tariffs?
- Will he give any specifics about his plans for revenge?
- Will he say anything about Gaza other than to claim that it wouldn’t have happened on his watch?
- Will he provide any specifics about his immigrant deportation camps?
- Will he even touch climate change?
- Will he threaten war with Mexico?
- Will he say anything about withdrawing from NATO?
- Will he repeat his claim that “everyone” wanted an end to Roe v. Wade?
My guess is that the answer to all of those questions, with the possible exception of the last, is no, but we’ll see.