Pieces of the Same Puzzle: SOTU, DACA, FBI

American Thinker.com ^ | February 2, 2018 | Steve Feinstein

[Kaslin]

As if every president doesn’t “read a speech that someone else wrote.” The president may or may not actually write a majority (or any!) of the speech itself, but regardless, the speech is directly, accurately reflective of the president’s policies, plans, and future strategies. The president edits, shapes, tweaks, and ultimately approves the speech. The SOTU speech is the president’s speech, regardless of the actual authorship.

The written/spoken line, “We’re going to keep Guantanamo Bay open” was as indisputably Trump’s as “I’m going to close Guantanamo Bay” was Obama’s. Regardless of who originally wrote it, those lines represent each president’s intended policy and they each deserve the credit or criticism as appropriate. That’s the way it is with the entire SOTU speech… and with every speech given by any president, for that matter. There are three issues swirling around in the news lately that may appear to be unrelated: the recently-delivered State of the Union (SOTU) address, the ongoing controversy over DACA immigrants, and the about-to-be-released FBI memo regarding the basis of the FISA warrants in the Russia collusion investigation. But they are not unrelated. Quite the contrary: they are all incredibly important pieces of the same puzzle. Let’s look at them individually and then put the pieces together into one big picture.

Piece 1 -- The State of the Union Address

President Trump, by all accounts, delivered a very direct, surprisingly inclusive, clearly America-first State of the Union address last week. Polls indicate Republican and Independent approval of the speech in the 75-80% range and even Democratic voters gave him a mid-40% approval rating. On issue after issue, he pointed to clear evidence of the success of his policies and approaches, coupled with a clear vision for moving the country forward.

[reasonisfaith]

To the FBI: remember, when you allow yourself to become corrupt, you’re plotting the end of your power and possibly even your existence.

[reasonisfaith]

To the FBI:

Choosing right over wrong is always the more intelligent choice.

But you don’t have to be a genius to do it.

[generally]

As I watched the SotU, there were times when I was thinking “I can’t believe that any speechwriter wrote that line.”

Later, I heard that he went off script a few times.

Excellent. I like my off-script speak-his-mind President.

I also am 100% confident that everything in the speech was initiated/approved by Trump.

MAGA!