So, President Trump just shouted at the American people for about 20 minutes. Although all things considered, his remarks were mercifully short compared to his address to a joint session of Congress this past March which lasted nearly 100 minutes.
True to form, Trump was full of hyperbole and exaggeration with his liberal use of trademark phrase such "like no one believed possible" or "like no one has ever seen before."
Among other things, Trump claimed the country was "absolutely dead" when he took office, "that we had the worst border in the world" (Ukrainians might challenge that assessment), "we have never been invaded" (those who survived the attack at Pearl Harbor would beg to differ), that he ended 8 wars in 10 months and brought peace to the Middle East for the "first time in 3,000 years."
Ever the conman, Trump promised to send all military personnel a dividend check of $1776. I'm not sure how this happens without Congress as Speaker Mike Johnson likely to adjourn the House yet again. Then there is his promise to establish a TrumpRx website to buy drugs at a lower cost. Again, the devil is in the details, and this devil is light when it comes to details.
With Trump's poll numbers slipping one can only hope that people aren't buying what he's selling. But given that we have chosen him twice, we can underestimate his capacity to fool some of the people all of the time.
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