‘A Tedious, Tiresome Performance’ — #Trump’s #SOTU

There are just too many bad moments to choose from. Was the worst one of the many instances where he gave lurid descriptions of pain & suffering? Was it when he began to hand out awards like reality TV prizes? Or was it when he tried to write Democrats out of the political community? If I have to choose, I’d say the braying #racism against #Somali Americans—it would not have been out of place in a DW Griffith film.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/opinion/trump-state-of-the-union-best-worst.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

here’s the article that broke the story of Tony Attwood and his failure to diagnose his own son, and eventually, himself:

❝ Why the world expert on Asperger's took 30 years to notice condition in his own son | Autism | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/25/why-the-world-expert-on-aspergers-took-30-years-to-notice-condition-in-his-own-son

what the writer of the article fails to address is how white supremacy, classism and patriarchalism all played a part in his failure to father his own son ―because that’s not what real men are supposed to do with their adult sons.

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