Rich Lowry

It's kind of like COVID in that the people who are most supposedly committed to the so-called science get over their skis and ignore the science to make the most hysterical politicized case for the policy outcomes they want.

Yeah, seagulls are just looking for a stray sandwich they can snatch. That's the seagull play. They're not awed by anything.

Yeah, seagulls are just looking for a stray sandwich they can snatch. That's the seagull play. They're not awed by anything.

Yeah, seagulls are just looking for a stray sandwich they can snatch. That's the seagull play. They're not awed by anything.

Thank you. It was a pleasure seeing you guys argue. We have to do it more often.

Thank you. It was a pleasure seeing you guys argue. We have to do it more often.

Thank you. It was a pleasure seeing you guys argue. We have to do it more often.

Yeah, I think for the ordinary viewer, there's nothing you heard last night that you necessarily disagree with. I don't know, maybe tariffs or some things, but largely he emphasized things that are popular. And the headline of that speech, the headline of the first two months is Trump 2.0, the sequel, more Trump than ever. So it was longer, it was more combative in some ways, more entertaining.

Yeah, I think for the ordinary viewer, there's nothing you heard last night that you necessarily disagree with. I don't know, maybe tariffs or some things, but largely he emphasized things that are popular. And the headline of that speech, the headline of the first two months is Trump 2.0, the sequel, more Trump than ever. So it was longer, it was more combative in some ways, more entertaining.

Yeah, I think for the ordinary viewer, there's nothing you heard last night that you necessarily disagree with. I don't know, maybe tariffs or some things, but largely he emphasized things that are popular. And the headline of that speech, the headline of the first two months is Trump 2.0, the sequel, more Trump than ever. So it was longer, it was more combative in some ways, more entertaining.

And it These aren't really speeches so much. They're performances, right? So George W. Bush used to give speeches. He had the speechwriters, Mike Gerson, the late Mike Gerson, my friend Matt Scully, right? These eloquent speeches that he'd deliver. You can't do that with Trump. It has to be in his words and his way of speaking, which it is.

And it These aren't really speeches so much. They're performances, right? So George W. Bush used to give speeches. He had the speechwriters, Mike Gerson, the late Mike Gerson, my friend Matt Scully, right? These eloquent speeches that he'd deliver. You can't do that with Trump. It has to be in his words and his way of speaking, which it is.

And it These aren't really speeches so much. They're performances, right? So George W. Bush used to give speeches. He had the speechwriters, Mike Gerson, the late Mike Gerson, my friend Matt Scully, right? These eloquent speeches that he'd deliver. You can't do that with Trump. It has to be in his words and his way of speaking, which it is.

How many times did he say, like, we've never seen before, right? No speechwriter sits down and writes speeches. like we've never seen before. And the point you're just making a minute ago is as apt, you know, a comedian, a really good comedian, you can say his lines as an ordinary person and they're not funny, right? Or they're not as funny.

How many times did he say, like, we've never seen before, right? No speechwriter sits down and writes speeches. like we've never seen before. And the point you're just making a minute ago is as apt, you know, a comedian, a really good comedian, you can say his lines as an ordinary person and they're not funny, right? Or they're not as funny.

How many times did he say, like, we've never seen before, right? No speechwriter sits down and writes speeches. like we've never seen before. And the point you're just making a minute ago is as apt, you know, a comedian, a really good comedian, you can say his lines as an ordinary person and they're not funny, right? Or they're not as funny.

And 80% of the things Trump said last night that were entertaining, you could say them, I could say them, someone else could say them. They wouldn't be funny because they're Trump because it's uniquely Trump. So I don't like State of the Union addresses. I prefer a State of the Union to be a 20 minute eloquent, thematic speech. But that speech does not exist.

And 80% of the things Trump said last night that were entertaining, you could say them, I could say them, someone else could say them. They wouldn't be funny because they're Trump because it's uniquely Trump. So I don't like State of the Union addresses. I prefer a State of the Union to be a 20 minute eloquent, thematic speech. But that speech does not exist.

And 80% of the things Trump said last night that were entertaining, you could say them, I could say them, someone else could say them. They wouldn't be funny because they're Trump because it's uniquely Trump. So I don't like State of the Union addresses. I prefer a State of the Union to be a 20 minute eloquent, thematic speech. But that speech does not exist.

No one's ever given that State of the Union. That's not what Trump did last night, but it works for him. Now, it's it's not hugely important. But by Saturday, you know, two or three other major major news stories will have happened. But it was a good night for him.