It was a great speech - except for the part about Korea that Gergen acknowledges. I thought that was stupid. But the speech was well written and delivered very well.
I went in with balanced expectations and was pleasantly surprised.
“Had his inaugural address or his past speeches to a Joint Session of Congress been in the tenor and tone of the speech Donald Trump delivered Tuesday night, he might now enjoy broader support in the country.”
His support is broad out here in the country, a place with which David Gergen has no familiarity.
{ recall at one time Gergen was described as a Republican.
Gergen is an apologist for the Deep State. I have always despised him. Pretending to be even-handed when he is not.
As this is politics, and getting elected counts for a lot, minor things that help him win in 2020 are welcomed by me (if they are minor, AND they are effective).
He would be the most successful President in history if the MSM was not dissing him 95% of the time and the opposition did not resist at every turn.
F'n communists.
Another deep state slug heard from. Don’t forget “In 1993 Gergen returned to the White House, serving as counselor to President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Warren Christopher.” (Wikipedia)
This is not the first time his speeches have tried to reach across the isle and showed heart.
Trump, imo, has shown heart in every speech. And he has reached out across the isle and called for a united America in every speech.
This might be the first time that 80% of the speech was dedicated to trying to get Congress to move forward instead of staying in petty gridlock mode. But he shouldn’t have ever had to dedicate that much of a speech to getting people to move forward.
I thought it was hilarious when the women finally had to applaud and trump called them out for not having been supposed to do that and then thanking them for it.
This is not the first time his speeches have tried to reach across the isle and showed heart.
Trump, imo, has shown heart in every speech. And he has reached out across the isle and called for a united America in every speech.
This might be the first time that 80% of the speech was dedicated to trying to get Congress to move forward instead of staying in petty gridlock mode. But he shouldn’t have ever had to dedicate that much of a speech to getting people to move forward.
I thought it was hilarious when the women finally had to applaud and trump called them out for not having been supposed to do that and then thanking them for it.
It’s political ju-jitsu.
He extended an olive branch for cooperation and bi-partisan support, which is what the mass of barely engaged voters want to hear. Particularly Independents.
He knew he was on safe ground doing this as after 2 years of the Democrats vilifying him as Satan and Hitler and a stealer of elections there was NO WAY they’d accept the offer.
The end result is that Trump now looks like the good guy and his opponents look like unreasonable extremists.
Moderates seem to like the speech therefore I need to listen to it again. It must have been not so good.
I think the Korea part was likely spot on. Hillary would have so greatly weakened us that war would be inevitable. That has been their plan.
CNN and the networks are seething that this speech has a 76% approval rating.
It was likely higher than that, but these are MSM numbers.
I don’t think people have been listening to the man. He’s been tremendously mannered and outreaching to all in his speeches to Congress.
They warmed up to Reagan, slowly but surely.
It wasn't stupid. NK was threatening to Nuke us. My how easily everyone seems to forget the recent past.
I'll even give you an example. Freepers and the MSM are all talking about the DEM females wearing WHITE to the SOTU. Like it was something NEW.
Yet, it was only a YEAR AGO that they did the EXACT SAME THING.
Here's a picture of yesterday (albeit modified with photoshop).
Here's a picture of LAST YEAR (notice Al Franken in the audience).
I can tell you why this is total nonsense because not only does Trump enjoy strong popularity as compared to Obama, but I distinctly remember everyone being impressed by Trump’s last state of the Union speech and being surprised at what a strong presidential address he delivered.
Actually, he said IN HIS OPINION we would be at war with N. Korea.
The part about North Korea wasn’t meant for us, it was meant for North Korea...
It was definitely calculated to get beyond the base and show the American people who the reasoned and magnanimous person is in the budget debate. For whatever is to come with the border he needs the public on side.
Trump’s triangulation make Bill Clinton look like an angulator.
David Gherkin hasn’t made scents since his parents named him ‘Pickles’.