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Trump used the State of the Union speech to trumpet his own primacy

"Trump Turned the State of the Union Into a Reality Show"


President Trump delivers his State of the Union address in the House chamber on Tuesday. Behind Trump are Vice President Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)

By Eugene Robinson Columnist
Feb. 5, 2020 at 3:34 p.m. GMT+11

It was a triumphalist speech .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/04/transcript-president-trumps-2020-state-union-address/?tid=lk_inline_manual_1 , delivered in a setting intended for humility and respect. The State of the Union address, which the president delivers at the invitation of the speaker of the House, is stage-managed to acknowledge the primacy of Congress. President Trump used it to trumpet the primacy of President Trump.

We heard nothing Tuesday night .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/state-of-the-union-impeachment-live-updates/2020/02/04/22ddcdf6-46d6-11ea-ab15-b5df3261b710_story.html?tid=lk_inline_manual_2 .. of the “American carnage” Trump described at his inauguration .. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/the-inaugural-address/ . By his account, he has fixed all of that. “In just three short years, we have shattered the mentality of American decline and we have rejected the downsizing of Americans’ destiny,” he said, adding, “We are moving forward at a pace that was unimaginable just a short time ago, and we are never going back.”

More than half the nation would love nothing more than to go back to the pre-Trump era. But we are where we are.

We heard nothing about the president’s impeachment .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/impeachment/?nid=top_nav_impeachment&tid=lk_inline_manual_6 , still pending before the Senate. Trump pretended not to have noticed the unfortunate unpleasantness that has dominated the headlines and roiled the Capitol for months — just as President Bill Clinton did during his 1999 address .. https://clintonwhitehouse4.archives.gov/WH/New/html/19990119-2656.html .

Trump took credit for anything positive that has taken place during his time in office, while blaming “the previous administration” for anything negative. He praised himself for slashing the unemployment rate, which happened mostly under President Barack Obama. He took credit for making the United States the world’s leading producer of oil and natural gas, which also happened under Obama. He pledged that his administration will always guarantee health insurance for those with preexisting conditions, though his administration has been in court trying to strike down the law providing that very guarantee.

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Trump's staged voice, dripping in syrupy concern and hypocrisy, rankled even more than the 'I'M the SAVIOR' content of his sorrowful, ever needy, speech.

See also:

Trump Opens Door to Cuts to Medicare and Other Entitlement Programs
The president signaled a willingness to scale back Medicare, a shift from his 2016 platform of protecting entitlement programs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/us/politics/medicare-trump.html?fbclid=IwAR1MitqgLv87acrPQ9dEQVlPeyZiPDDEbER5PxalizuhLMm3xrUWJOxPeuk
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