I have to admit it–I snapped. I could only bring myself to watch small parts of it, and I turned off Trump a little before 11:00. Not that I missed anything valuable.
Here are a few observations:
- The whole context was kind of in-between. It wasn’t exactly a MAGA rally, given the White House setting and the kind and number of people in the audience, but it wasn’t an intimate speech, either. The analogy to a State of the Union seems appropriate. I’m not sure that will either fire up the base or convince wavering voters.
- Another day, another Hatch Act violation. These people don’t care if they violate the law. The law is for suckers. It’s all about power for them, and gaslighting for the rest of us.
- When Trump talks about American exceptionalism, he’s just mouthing words that someone else wrote for him. He doesn’t believe any of it.
- I bet a large percentage of Americans turned him off about the time I did. It’s stupid to speak that late at night. The same observation goes for the Democrats.
- Ivanka Trump simply doesn’t have enough gravitas to pull off the tasks that she is given in this administration, including her speech last night.
- It’s never a good sign when you have to parade so many people up on stage to say you’re not a sexist and a racist. Do you believe them, or your lyin’ eyes?
- His plan for the virus is for everyone to live what used to be a normal life, and take one for the team, if necessary. The lives of thousands of Americans don’t matter. It’s all about GDP and the stock market.
- Alternative facts. So many alternative facts. In the end, that may well be the concept for which this administration is remembered.