Posted on 01/08/2019 7:55:48 PM PST by Pinkbell
Thanks. I got to watch half, will rewatch a bit later and reflect on your observations. What little I saw looked serious, sober.
Personally, I agree. Of all trumps speeches at press conferences, at rallies, even on the White House lawn this one was one of the least impressive. The guy is such a showman it is shocking that he settled for an eighth grade speech on the border. Fortunately those two democrat idiots far out did him so his speech looked better than it really was.
He did a good job. He knows his audience. There is a limited amount of time for this message before he gets tuned out. I agree your ideas are good but I trust Trump’s instincts.
Would have loved for him to play video of Nan and Chuck supporting immigration enforcement, though...
That would have been one of Obama/Castro/Chavez 2 hour speeches.
He simply had to look like he cared about the right things, and was fighting the good fight, that it matters, and that HE is the reasonable guy in this. He succeeded.
Nancy and Chucky had to not look like clueless crazy octogenarians. They failed.
I think Trump is doing this to gauge the reaction of the Left.
Trump needs to stick Schumer with the Calif. immigrant Figi cop’s death.
I was hoping for: “As I speak, teams of agents are arresting Hillary, Obama, Clapper, Comey, Brennan, Rice, etc...”
Except for sanctuary cities, everything on your list was there. The President was making sure all Americans hear his point of view.
When you get elected you can do it your way.
I’m just grateful to FINALLY have a President on OUR side.
The previous FOUR were NOT.
We all have dreams..........
First step.
You people are UNBELIEVABLE arrogant and self centered.
For all the time you took for your criticism...YOU DONT GET IT AT ALL...DO YOU.????
This wasn’t for political junkies like you...It was for THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CITIZEN ...Who may not like Trump...a short, speech about why this is a crisis.
For THAT audience it was perfect.
I think he’s making them (Dems) continue to stink and tonite he made them do it on national tv. Granted more would be nice but he has to win in 2020, or we are screwed after that. He still holds the emergency closure option. Home run yeah. Grand slam maybe soon. We got in the war on 12/07/41, it wasn’t won till 1945. Hang in there.
That was deliberate. They have been trying to paint him as a psycho off his meds making impulsive decisions. They were waiting for him to declare martial law. To say something nutty. To declare a national emergency and to have the Army start work tomorrow. They thought maybe he would close the border, etc etc.
Instead, he was the grownup in the room.
The speech was great and took away their method of attack. He seemed reasonable.
Trump's 10 minutes were fine and was loaded with enough factual stats to suffice.
I thought it was pretty boring, but it was a homerun compared to Chancy.
I don’t think more stats would have helped much. Too many numbers tend to make people’s eyes glaze over.
I don’t think the address merited the attention it got. I say that because I don’t think he said anything that’s going to change anything. Whoever wrote it ought to be reassigned.Trump is usually much, much better than he was tonight.
I still believe the probable outcome will be the Repubs in Congress crying uncle. They’ll probably go along with the Democrats’ approach in submitting separate bills for each department.
Bttt
He had to keep it short, to the point and focus on key issues.
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