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Stephen Lillie's cartoon commentary on Trump's State of the Union address with its misrepresentation of what his tariffs have done to the economy and voters' concerns about affordability.
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #economy #affordability #inflation #prices
/7
"The most self-destructive of the president’s obsessions was his single-minded devotion to tariffs, which promised to undermine the economy and raise the cost of everyday life for millions of Americans. In fact, according to a recent report from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, the president’s tariffs cost the average household $1,000 over the course of last year."
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #economy #affordability #inflation #prices
/6
Stephen Lillie's cartoon commentary on Trump's State of the Union address with its misrepresentation of what his tariffs have done to the economy and voters' concerns about affordability.
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #economy #affordability #inflation #prices
/7
"And each moment the president spent on his ideological obsessions — from his attacks on racial integration in government to his effort to punish pro-Palestinian speech on college campuses — was one he did not spend on the promises that put him into office."
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #economy #affordability #inflation #prices
/5
"The most self-destructive of the president’s obsessions was his single-minded devotion to tariffs, which promised to undermine the economy and raise the cost of everyday life for millions of Americans. In fact, according to a recent report from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, the president’s tariffs cost the average household $1,000 over the course of last year."
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #economy #affordability #inflation #prices
/6
"The reality of the situation was that the American people — or at least, a little less than half of the people who cast ballots in November 2024 — did not vote for Trump to be an outer-borough Viktor Orban. They voted for lower prices and greater prosperity."
~ Jamelle Bouie
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #economy #affordability #inflation #prices
/4
"And each moment the president spent on his ideological obsessions — from his attacks on racial integration in government to his effort to punish pro-Palestinian speech on college campuses — was one he did not spend on the promises that put him into office."
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #economy #affordability #inflation #prices
/5
"And yet, according to the time-keepers from NBC News, in Trump’s record-long 108-minute SOTU speech, he spoke about affordability for a measly 2.9 minutes."
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #economy #affordability #inflation #prices
/3
"The reality of the situation was that the American people — or at least, a little less than half of the people who cast ballots in November 2024 — did not vote for Trump to be an outer-borough Viktor Orban. They voted for lower prices and greater prosperity."
~ Jamelle Bouie
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #economy #affordability #inflation #prices
/4
"Affordability is the issue for the 2026 midterms. In virtually every poll, with virtually every demographic, some version of 'inflation/prices/cost of living/economic problems' tops the list of the most important challenges facing the country. It also tops the list of reasons Trump’s own voters are ditching him, according to polling from Morris Predictive Insights."
~ Catherine Rampell
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #economy #affordability #inflation #prices
/2
"And yet, according to the time-keepers from NBC News, in Trump’s record-long 108-minute SOTU speech, he spoke about affordability for a measly 2.9 minutes."
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #economy #affordability #inflation #prices
/3
"Affordability is the issue for the 2026 midterms. In virtually every poll, with virtually every demographic, some version of 'inflation/prices/cost of living/economic problems' tops the list of the most important challenges facing the country. It also tops the list of reasons Trump’s own voters are ditching him, according to polling from Morris Predictive Insights."
~ Catherine Rampell
#Trump #StateoftheUnion #SOTU #economy #affordability #inflation #prices
/2
Recipe for an SOTU cocktail:
Or do I mean an STFU cocktail?
Equal parts mint-infused whiskey and gin, drop of thyme liqueur, three drops dry sack, juice of quarter lemon with its peel.
Shake with ice. Pour into martini glass, top with prosecco.
Then sip the wonderful cocktail and refuse to turn the t.v. on.
"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
"What is the state of Trump? He is failing at fascism."
~ Timothy Snyder
https://snyder.substack.com/p/fascist-failure
"It was a fascist rally peppered with flop-sweat one-liners, ring-led by a man who often sounded bored by his own teleprompted script."
~ Asawin Suebsaeng and Andrew Perez
https://zeteo.com/p/first-draft-trump-state-of-the-union-sotu-fascist-rally
"That speech won’t pull Trump out of his downward spiral. Time to attack Iran?"
~ Paul Krugman
"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
"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 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 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
"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
"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
