Post by robeiae on Mar 1, 2017 8:17:20 GMT -5
...and fails to mention the media or fake news! Inconceivable!
Anyone, what's the verdict?
Some takes:
nypost.com/2017/02/28/trump-just-delivered-the-best-speech-of-his-political-career/
www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/dont-be-fooled-donald-trump-didnt-pivot
www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/03/the_two_most_debased_moments_of_donald_trump_s_speech_to_congress.html
Me, I thought it was definitely his best effort, but it was still just a speech, largely devoid of specifics. However, I did really like this bit:
www.cnbc.com/2017/02/28/the-time-has-come-for-a-new-program-of-national-rebuilding-trump.html
Kind of a broadside at everyone, Repub and Dem alike.
Anyway...thoughts?
Anyone, what's the verdict?
Some takes:
nypost.com/2017/02/28/trump-just-delivered-the-best-speech-of-his-political-career/
Donald Trump gave the best speech of his short political life last night, and it had nothing to do with grand oratory. He was thoroughly presidential, speaking plainly and yet masterfully in projecting an optimistic vision of the America he aims to build.
www.newyorker.com/news/john-cassidy/dont-be-fooled-donald-trump-didnt-pivot
About all that happened was that Trump, perhaps feeling saddled by low approval ratings, caved to the normal conventions of political communication. These rules dictate that, on august occasions such as a speech to Congress, Presidents talk politely and try to avoid giving offense. They leaven the heavy fare they are bearing with moments of optimism and humanity, promise the viewers some goodies, and offer up some notes of inclusion. Trump did all these things, and he even deployed some uplifting prose. If his Inauguration speech sounded like it had been written by Steve Bannon suffering from a migraine, Tuesday’s appeared to have been the work of a professional speechwriter.
But those positive reviews can’t mask the fact that by the end of the speech, Trump was back to being his familiar foul self. Once again, he put victims of crimes committed by immigrants in the audience, a standard trope of his from the campaign. He announced that he’d directed the Department of Homeland Security to create an office devoted to Americans preyed on by immigrant criminals to be called VOICE, or Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement. Immigrants, of course, are actually less likely to commit crimes than native-born people, but that is immaterial to Trump, who has now enlisted the American government in a xenophobic propaganda operation. Had it not been for the stunt with Owens’ widow, the rollout of VOICE would have been the most debased moment of the night...
The calls for bipartisanship with which Trump ended his speech weren’t a gesture of outreach but a demand for submission. No matter what the Beltway media says, Democrats should resist. No matter how great a marketer he is, Trump still defiles everything he touches.
The calls for bipartisanship with which Trump ended his speech weren’t a gesture of outreach but a demand for submission. No matter what the Beltway media says, Democrats should resist. No matter how great a marketer he is, Trump still defiles everything he touches.
Me, I thought it was definitely his best effort, but it was still just a speech, largely devoid of specifics. However, I did really like this bit:
www.cnbc.com/2017/02/28/the-time-has-come-for-a-new-program-of-national-rebuilding-trump.html
"America has spent approximately $6 trillion in the Middle East, all this while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. With this $6 trillion we could have rebuilt our country — twice. And maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to negotiate."
Anyway...thoughts?