America Is Back: #47 Rubs Their Noses in It
President Trump set a new record for the longest presidential address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.
“America is back.”
A CBS News poll indicates something like 76% of viewers approved of the speech.
The president reveled in his absolute defeat of the Democrat party despite their Wile E. Coyote bag of tricks.
He outlined a wide range of priorities and successes from his first few weeks back in office:
- Tax cuts, an America-First trade policy, and like-for-like tariffs on foreign goods
- Rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse across the government with the help of Elon Musk and DOGE
- Declaring drug cartels foreign terrorist organizations
- Highlighting dramatic reductions in illegal border crossings and substantial increases in deportations
- A call to rebuild U.S. ship-building capacity and to invest in a “Golden Dome” defense system similar to Israel’s Iron Dome
- A public reading of Ukraine’s presidents’ apology letter, intent to sign a mineral agreement, and intent to seek a peaceful resolution to the war
- An announcement of the start of America’s New Golden Age
This was perhaps one of the most articulate, policy-focused, and inspiring speeches given by a modern president.
Le Resistance
Meanwhile, Democrats held little signs with little slogans like “False” and “Musk steals” and “Protect Medicaid.”
They feel desperate.
At one point early on, the proceedings were interrupted when House Leader Johnson was forced to direct the Sargent at Arms to remove a distempered Rep. Green.
Later, random Democrats would leave the floor from time to time.
No one really noticed though.
Is the Spectacle Embarrassing?
Some claim to be irritated by the spectacle.
I couldn’t disagree more.
If you haven’t read about the raucous proceedings that took place in the history of our Republic, you ought to. Had television cameras existed then, we’d have been treated to scenes of fist-to-cuffs and all-out duels.
You could do pay-per-view.
Now there’s a good way to solve the debt problem. Somebody get Dana White on the phone.
It’s all pretty refreshing.
Just like watching Trump and Zelensky arguing in the Oval Office.
The pomp, circumstance, and stately formalities might be nice sometimes, but it really is often at the expense of our collective intelligence.
I want a ringside seat – a how-its-made type production – transparent government that doesn’t feel like some pathetic relic.
How did we go without this for so long?
The Response Slot
Oh, and Rep. Slotkin gave the Democrat’s formal response.
She’s a former CIA analyst who worked in national security under Bush II and Obama, was endorsed by Liz Cheney, and won a Trump district in ’24 in a distressingly “close race” where she raised something like $16 million to get the job done.
Wow, that’s a big investment for such a low-paying job.
Don’t worry. She’s FORMER CIA.
Definitely not a plant.
But one word of advice, I’d advise steering clear of any governor-kidnapping group she might try to organize.
She talks just like regular Midwest “meet in the middle” commonsense type folk.
I’m sure there’s nothing more to it.
It was a free and fair election. And she’s FORMER CIA. Duh.