Discussion
"For all the many tales of violence and bloodshed Trump seemed to enjoy relating in the speech, he never mentioned these admirable individuals killed by agents of the federal government sent to Minnesota by Donald Trump: Renee Good and Alex Pretti."
~ William Kristol
"He never acknowledged the Epstein survivors who were in the chamber."
~ Joyce Vance
"Trump’s speech exhibited a ghoulish preoccupation with violence and gore."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/doj-accused-of-hiding-epstein-documents
"Determined to exploit the suffering of others, this sadist depicted tales of bloody violence and death with detail and pleasure."
~ Steven Beschloss
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-trumps-world-of-sadism-and
"You could watch, pen in hand or screen at the ready, and make a list of all the things that he’s not talking about."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU
/5
https://lucid.substack.com/p/reflections-on-love-to-counter-maga
"For all the many tales of violence and bloodshed Trump seemed to enjoy relating in the speech, he never mentioned these admirable individuals killed by agents of the federal government sent to Minnesota by Donald Trump: Renee Good and Alex Pretti."
~ William Kristol
"He never acknowledged the Epstein survivors who were in the chamber."
~ Joyce Vance
"Trump’s hand was visibly discolored while[he was] speaking tonight."
~ Aaron Parnas
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/i-watched-the-state-of-the-union
"He gripped the podium with a tightness bordering on desperation."
~ Moira Donegan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/24/trump-state-of-the-union-speech
"For reasons we can only imagine, he rushed out of the chamber faster than any president has ever left one of these speeches."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU
/7
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/that-sobs-voice-was-in-these-things
"How long can his cankles support this weight of lies?"
~ Wajahat Ali
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/state-of-the-union-autopsy-with-jim
"Spoiler, Beltway media! That’s how every Trump speech is now! They’re all the same! And they’ve been that way for a long time!"
~ Evan Hurst
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU
/8
https://www.wonkette.com/p/its-not-unforced-errors-hakeem-jeffries
"Tonight, when Trump gives his State of the Union, I want you to remember: his speech, God help us all, is not what matters. What matters is what happens after his speech. What matters is what we do next. Remember, fascism is not destiny. It is a choice. It can be fought. It can be rejected, but only if we reject it together."
~ Mehdi Hasan
"Trump’s speech exhibited a ghoulish preoccupation with violence and gore."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/doj-accused-of-hiding-epstein-documents
"Determined to exploit the suffering of others, this sadist depicted tales of bloody violence and death with detail and pleasure."
~ Steven Beschloss
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-trumps-world-of-sadism-and
"You could watch, pen in hand or screen at the ready, and make a list of all the things that he’s not talking about."
~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU
/5
https://lucid.substack.com/p/reflections-on-love-to-counter-maga
