Posted on 02/24/2026 11:37:52 PM PST by Libloather
President Donald Trump hit it out of the park (again) with his 2026 State of the Union address, perhaps his most remarkable speech yet.
The frame was an unabashed celebration of America in its 250th year, hailing heroes from the Olympic hockey champions to 100-year-old veterans — and with a close reiterating why the nation’s best days are yet to come.
He was the happy warrior we’d asked him to be, with a strong clear message untainted by grievance — even as he expressed his disappointment with last week’s Supreme Court ruling on tariffs and drew clear distinctions between his program and the opposition’s.
He deftly drew out the lunacy of Democrats’ positions on illegal immigration, crime and trans issues — time and again flagging their obsession with peculiar “rights” at the expense of common sense.
And of course rightly delivered a powerful economic message.
He flagged the inflation, wage stagnation and other horrors produced when Democrats ran Washington as the causes of the “affordability” crisis.
He explained how Americans’ lives are now getting better — rising wages, lower gas prices, fat tax rebates coming — and should keep improving.
He got the opposition to rise in applause for some things — the gold medalists, the other military and civilian heroes he honored — then called out how they refused to stand even when he called for justice for Charlotte murder victim Iryna Zarutska.
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib sparks outrage with ‘F–k ICE’ pin at Trump’s State of the Union 2026 address
There was no "let's break away for a commercial announcement" nonsense like when there he is broadcasted on just one network. Or his comments are "edited".
All those watching, on a live non partisan feed, got to see the immature antics of the Democrats in full display.
And they also got to see the contrast with the Republicans who were spirited in a normal SOTU sense but mannerly.
At his best...
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee...
(As an old fighter like him, when highlighting his agility in the ring and his powerful punches, famously said...)
“Hit hard, hit fast, hit often.’’- Admiral William F. “Bull’’ Halsey.
I watched the whole speech and was thoroughly proud of everything but the left side of the house sitting on their hands, disgraceful.
The few times they stood and applauded was whem President Trump said”eliminate political violence”. The goose and the gander analogy comes to mind
Stephen Miller
@StephenM
The immortal visual of the entire Democrat party—upon explicit repeated invitation—refusing to stand for the core moral principle that US government owes its allegiance to US citizens and not foreign criminal invaders, is the most shocking image in the history of the US Congress.
10:15 PM · Feb 24, 2026 · 884.7K Views
https://x.com/StephenM/status/2026496327744360856
Though if you want to know what really terrifies Deep State...
It’s that the financial bludgeon they batter the American middle class with, the income tax, could be repealed and replaced with tariff revenue.
Democrats sat on their asses. Good Donkeys. Lost control of the Democrat Party to radicals.
She’s so tight with Ihan...someone better smell her finger!
Anyone know if Uncle Festerman sat on his hands, too?
Cuz if he did...
Watching him needle the Dems was just too much. Loved it!
It was a great speech. I was tired and had decided not to watch it, but then thought I would catch at least a few minutes of it before bedtime. Trump was masterful. I’m glad I saw most of it.
Oooh, looks like someone found their thesaurus.
This time, they refused to stand for the statement "Stand up if you believe that the duty of the American government is to protect Americans first, not illegal immigrants".
Their only possible response if (WHEN!!!) this clip is used in every GOP midterm political ad, is "we believe that our duty is to protect EVERYONE within our borders!!"... but I don't think that will gain them any traction.
And personally, I think the President should have followed that moment up with 3 more questions:
Okay, stand up if you believe that America is a great country... (they'll all stay seated)
Okay, stand up if you believe that American laws should treat all Americans the same, regardless of race, creed, religion, or gender... (they'll all stay seated)
Okay, now stand up if you want me to resign from the Presidency following this speech.
The Right half of Congress immediately sits, and the Libs will all wake up and they all will quickly stand for that last one... then the world will know that they openly refused to stand for the first 3. Zero excuses. All they care about is Hating him, and Hating America.
How totally disrespectful can the democrat “politicians” get to NOT stand for the mother of the young girl that murdered????
His thesaurus
Not crazy, just EVIL...
My Daily prayer for YEARS has been:
“Let All that has been Concealed,
Be Revealed”
After watching the SOTU last night, I thanked God for revea;ling the dems for what they truly are.
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