He speaks at I dunno, a 5th grade level. I have a 5th grader and he can follow Trump and get his jokes.
I am chewing on this.
When I said it was a wrestling promo above, I was using the term in a vaguely derogatory sense despite myself...
But I'll try to say it again but this time as praise and see where that takes me.
Well, it was a wrestling promo. He wanted to give a speech that people who never, ever, watch State of the Union speeches would be able to sit through. You know the guy who you'd ask "did you watch the State of the Union?" and he'd snort and talk about being bored for two hours? Well, that guy could sit through this speech and he'd be able to give you his favorite moments.
"I liked when he brought out the kid! I have no idea why he called that one lady 'Pocahontas' but I could tell that it was a deadly insult and so that was funny. He talked about (insert topic here) in a way that I could understand. It was a good speech!"
Holy crap. Trump's numbers are going to go up.
2025-03-05 10:32:58
Well, let's check the polls. Maybe there's some good news there that will make us all feel better.
Big majorities of viewers liked the plans they heard on immigration, wasteful government spending and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. A relatively smaller majority liked what they heard on tariffs.
I mean, we can easily dismiss the "76% of speech watchers approved" because people who would have disapproved were, instead, watching Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+.
Wait. CBS. That's the old people station. Murder She Wrote and Matlock and whatnot. Let's check CNN instead.
Roughly 7 in 10 speech-watchers said they had at least a somewhat positive reaction to Trump’s speech tonight, with a smaller 44% offering a very positive response. That’s lower than the 57% of viewers who rated Trump’s initial address to Congress very positively eight years ago, or the 51% who said the same of President Joe Biden’s initial address in 2021. It also comes just below the 48% “very positive” rating Trump saw for his 2018 State of the Union.
Jane Coaston put it like this: The core of the base wants a leftist pro wrestler counter to Trumpler. He wants to put on a show? WE WILL GIVE HIM A SHOW!!!
And the majority of the moderates in the party still watch The West Wing every year and so they think that the solution is bipartisanship.
2025-03-04 23:12:20
Well, it was a wrestling promo. He came out and said "These people aren't going to clap for *ANYTHING*" and pointed at the Dems and then gave the longest speech in human history in which he said stuff that the Democrats were never going to clap for, not in a million years.
He called his shot then made it.
It's like he read the first draft the speech writers gave him and told them to do it again except, this time, imagine the Democratic response to the speech... AND WRITE A SPEECH THAT WILL DESERVE THAT RESPONSE INSTEAD.
2025-03-04 22:46:12
"Pocahontas" makes an appearance.
2025-03-04 22:34:58
The great thing about opening with somebody getting tossed is that it effectively gives a layup to anybody inclined to play "whatabout".
He's doing a very good job of being hostile about 80-20 issues, 70-30 issues, and 52-48 issues. Even a 50%+1-50%-1 issue.
Some of the stuff like the McKinley/Denali thing or the Gulf of Mexico/America thing is silly and perhaps even petty but the comedy comes from being a president who changes it back. Can you imagine changing it back? Maybe you can imagine making McKinley Denali again (and perhaps even the Gulf of Mexico with a joke like "even the people who cheered the change didn't use the new name")... but he made English the Official Language of the US. Can you imagine a president getting rid of that?
It'd be easier to move the embassy back to Tel Aviv.
2025-03-04 21:39:34
He's being downright hostile.
2025-03-04 21:25:39
The Sergeant at Arms is restoring order!
Now we just need the Grand Marshall of the Supreme Court to start issuing subpoenas!
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He speaks at I dunno, a 5th grade level. I have a 5th grader and he can follow Trump and get his jokes.
I am chewing on this.
When I said it was a wrestling promo above, I was using the term in a vaguely derogatory sense despite myself...
But I'll try to say it again but this time as praise and see where that takes me.
Well, it was a wrestling promo. He wanted to give a speech that people who never, ever, watch State of the Union speeches would be able to sit through. You know the guy who you'd ask "did you watch the State of the Union?" and he'd snort and talk about being bored for two hours? Well, that guy could sit through this speech and he'd be able to give you his favorite moments.
"I liked when he brought out the kid! I have no idea why he called that one lady 'Pocahontas' but I could tell that it was a deadly insult and so that was funny. He talked about (insert topic here) in a way that I could understand. It was a good speech!"
Holy crap. Trump's numbers are going to go up.
Well, let's check the polls. Maybe there's some good news there that will make us all feel better.
CBS says... wait. This can't be right...
I mean, we can easily dismiss the "76% of speech watchers approved" because people who would have disapproved were, instead, watching Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+.
Wait. CBS. That's the old people station. Murder She Wrote and Matlock and whatnot. Let's check CNN instead.
Ah, much better.
Good. Democrats don't have to change.
Well, Warren got pantsed last night. Might be time to shift to AOC.
Jane Coaston put it like this: The core of the base wants a leftist pro wrestler counter to Trumpler. He wants to put on a show? WE WILL GIVE HIM A SHOW!!!
And the majority of the moderates in the party still watch The West Wing every year and so they think that the solution is bipartisanship.
Well, it was a wrestling promo. He came out and said "These people aren't going to clap for *ANYTHING*" and pointed at the Dems and then gave the longest speech in human history in which he said stuff that the Democrats were never going to clap for, not in a million years.
He called his shot then made it.
It's like he read the first draft the speech writers gave him and told them to do it again except, this time, imagine the Democratic response to the speech... AND WRITE A SPEECH THAT WILL DESERVE THAT RESPONSE INSTEAD.
"Pocahontas" makes an appearance.
The great thing about opening with somebody getting tossed is that it effectively gives a layup to anybody inclined to play "whatabout".
He's doing a very good job of being hostile about 80-20 issues, 70-30 issues, and 52-48 issues. Even a 50%+1-50%-1 issue.
Some of the stuff like the McKinley/Denali thing or the Gulf of Mexico/America thing is silly and perhaps even petty but the comedy comes from being a president who changes it back. Can you imagine changing it back? Maybe you can imagine making McKinley Denali again (and perhaps even the Gulf of Mexico with a joke like "even the people who cheered the change didn't use the new name")... but he made English the Official Language of the US. Can you imagine a president getting rid of that?
It'd be easier to move the embassy back to Tel Aviv.
He's being downright hostile.
The Sergeant at Arms is restoring order!
Now we just need the Grand Marshall of the Supreme Court to start issuing subpoenas!