SOTU Speech 2026
Trump had his State of the Union address. I heard it was very long so I fast forwarded through the cheering and rigamarole. What I heard was very good. Trump highlighted the improvements to border security that have shut down illegal immigration and has curtailed the trade in fentanyl. He talked about the fraud that was going on up in Minnesota with the fake daycare centers. He talked about bringing down inflation and increasing foreign investment in the United States and then he had a bunch of feel-good stories like the US Men’s Olympic hockey team and he had stories of victims of crime caused by illegal aliens. And he mocked Ilhan Omar and her cronies for their lack of patriotism and he criticized the Democrats for stalling his legislation and refusing to fund the government. And he placed the blame for the problems that he is fixing squarely at the feet of Joe Biden and the Democrats.
I think he checked off all the right boxes and he spoke well and with humor. I saw a report on CNN that showed that his speech was well-received by Americans and that after listening to his speech they thought that the country was on the right track by two to one. Good.
I guess comparing this to Biden’s awful speeches and even Trump’s first term this was a very good effort. It may have been a little long and there may have been a few too many guests but many of these people were worthy of having their stories told. And Trump did a good job of portraying the humanity of these individuals who deserved to be acclaimed.
So now he has a little less than three years to make a difference in how this country runs. And he only has until November when he’s guaranteed a Republican congressional majority. It is my opinion that he needs to craft a real legislative agenda that will allow him to use those three years to the fullest. I think he should push the Senate to abolish the filibuster and pass a republican platform including an actual budget for the first time in decades.
Many people object that if the filibuster is eliminated that the Democrats will ride roughshod over our country the next time, they get control of the White House and Congress. I don’t think it matters. They’ve done so much damage already that we’re kidding ourselves if we don’t give ourselves the tools to start fixing things now. This is the opportunity to make things happen. Three years of the White House in control of an agenda that the Republican Congress should enact will be plenty enough to fix a lot of the damage that has been done to this country.
Well, now I’ve said what I’d like to see happen. Instead, we’ll get to see what really happens. But give Trump his due. He put on a very nice show and he tooted his horn justifiably and now he will have to pull a bunch of rabbits out of his hat to keep the Republicans in charge of the Congress.