SOTU Speech 2026<\/p>\n
Trump had his State of the Union address.\u00a0 I heard it was very long so I fast forwarded through the cheering and rigamarole.\u00a0 What I heard was very good.\u00a0 Trump highlighted the improvements to border security that have shut down illegal immigration and has curtailed the trade in fentanyl.\u00a0 He talked about the fraud that was going on up in Minnesota with the fake daycare centers.\u00a0 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\u2019s Olympic hockey team and he had stories of victims of crime caused by illegal aliens.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 And he placed the blame for the problems that he is fixing squarely at the feet of Joe Biden and the Democrats.<\/p>\n
I think he checked off all the right boxes and he spoke well and with humor.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Good.<\/p>\n
I guess comparing this to Biden\u2019s awful speeches and even Trump\u2019s first term this was a very good effort.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 And Trump did a good job of portraying the humanity of these individuals who deserved to be acclaimed.<\/p>\n
So now he has a little less than three years to make a difference in how this country runs.\u00a0 And he only has until November when he\u2019s guaranteed a Republican congressional majority.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think it matters.\u00a0 They\u2019ve done so much damage already that we\u2019re kidding ourselves if we don\u2019t give ourselves the tools to start fixing things now.\u00a0 This is the opportunity to make things happen.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
Well, now I\u2019ve said what I\u2019d like to see happen.\u00a0 Instead, we\u2019ll get to see what really happens.\u00a0 But give Trump his due.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n