Trump Delivers Excruciatingly Tedious, Lie-Packed Mess Of A 'State Of The Union' Speech

The setting was different, but the content was pretty much the same as in his "economic" speech in Detroit, prayer breakfast in D.C. and rally in Fort Bragg.

Senior White House Correspondent, HuffPost

Facing the lowest approval ratings of his career, President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered the longest State of the Union address in history, with the former reality television star known for his ability to command attention appearing desperate for a way to revive his political fortunes, tone swinging repeatedly from tedious to angry and back again.

What new proposals did pop up in the speech — an idea to reform retirement accounts for workers who don’t have 401(k) plans, for instance — have little chance of becoming law. Most of the speech dragged through his usual false claims of falling prices, multiple wars settled, foreign investment brought in and a complete fantasy description of international trade and tariffs.

If Republicans facing a tough midterm election because of continuing voter unhappiness about high prices had hoped Trump would tackle that issue with empathy, they were likely left disappointed. Trump claimed, falsely, that prices were falling and insisted that the blame for high prices should fall on his predecessor, Joe Biden, and his fellow Democrats.

“The same people in this chamber who voted for those disasters suddenly used the........

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