Sarah Longwell
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When Trump does this thing where he's like pronouncing countries names as though are these places even real?
When Trump does this thing where he's like pronouncing countries names as though are these places even real?
Normally, the leader of the free world might not be keen to admit that they don't know where these different places are on the map. But Trump is happy to do it. And frankly, that lands, right? Because people also don't know where these are. And so while it was filled with lies and the smug faces of Mike Johnson and J.D. Vance behind him sort of Fake laughing at everything he said.
Normally, the leader of the free world might not be keen to admit that they don't know where these different places are on the map. But Trump is happy to do it. And frankly, that lands, right? Because people also don't know where these are. And so while it was filled with lies and the smug faces of Mike Johnson and J.D. Vance behind him sort of Fake laughing at everything he said.
And so it was and it was too long and had all these problems. It did the job for the audience that Trump is trying to reach. And I just the fact, though, that he this is the one thing. And I read Pfeiffer's message box this morning and it was we did a live stream right afterwards. And it was my initial takeaway was like the minutes that the economy got.
And so it was and it was too long and had all these problems. It did the job for the audience that Trump is trying to reach. And I just the fact, though, that he this is the one thing. And I read Pfeiffer's message box this morning and it was we did a live stream right afterwards. And it was my initial takeaway was like the minutes that the economy got.
so deeply paled in comparison to what voters would tell you is their absolute priority, which is the cost of living and the inflation. Trump barely talked about it except to blame Biden. And then he spent the rest, like if you, I should do this, I should go figure out what is the breakdown of things where Trump was talking about trans stuff Versus the economy.
so deeply paled in comparison to what voters would tell you is their absolute priority, which is the cost of living and the inflation. Trump barely talked about it except to blame Biden. And then he spent the rest, like if you, I should do this, I should go figure out what is the breakdown of things where Trump was talking about trans stuff Versus the economy.
Because I bet trans stuff got way more time.
Because I bet trans stuff got way more time.
Yeah, you get rid of DEI and everything just – prices go down. Those things exactly work together.
Yeah, you get rid of DEI and everything just – prices go down. Those things exactly work together.
Well, so here's the thing. I just don't think that many people are going to watch like the State of the Union, which is not called the State of the Union. This first one, because he's only been there a little bit of time.
Well, so here's the thing. I just don't think that many people are going to watch like the State of the Union, which is not called the State of the Union. This first one, because he's only been there a little bit of time.
Yeah, that's right. These speeches are for.
Yeah, that's right. These speeches are for.
two groups for people like us right who have to watch them and like hate watch them really yeah and for fan service and i thought it was a pretty effective fan service speech and the fact that it like blended kind of rally points and he was he was doing all the hits for the people and it's why he talked about trans stuff it's why he talked about spending it was um you know and and uh and and you know he did the thing with zelensky where he read the letter there for the first time like it was
two groups for people like us right who have to watch them and like hate watch them really yeah and for fan service and i thought it was a pretty effective fan service speech and the fact that it like blended kind of rally points and he was he was doing all the hits for the people and it's why he talked about trans stuff it's why he talked about spending it was um you know and and uh and and you know he did the thing with zelensky where he read the letter there for the first time like it was