Trump addressed the joint session of Congress on March 04. Technically it was not called the State of the Union address, but a Joint address to the Congress. As per the U. S. Constitution the President updates the Congress, highlighting the achievements of the previous year and laying down the policies for the coming year. However as per Trump, what he had achieved in 43 days was more than what others have achieved in 4 or 8 years. He sure has shaken the world. Everyone is talking about him, so his address was also the longest, lasting an hour and 40 mins, beating Clinton's record.
He started with America is Back and he is going to usher in a Golden Era. The long speech had lots of exaggerations and stretching of facts. It was a blatant partisan speech, where instead of talking of inclusion, he kept berating the Democrats and the previous President. There were clearly two sets of audience. The Republicans were jumping up and applauding, whereas Democratic side was sitting with long faces and showing placards - FALSE, Musk Steals, Protect Medicaid, etc. Trump couldn't care about political correctness or being presidential, he went after Democrats and nearly the whole world like a street fighter, not caring about facts and niceties. One of the Congressman Al Green was escorted out, and a number of other democrats kept walking out at various intervals.
All the major media channels, with the exception of Fox, criticized Trump's boastful and partisan speech. Social media is a different kettle of fish. I used to watch Trump's reality show Apprentice. That's how he came into the limelight. He actually enjoyed saying "you are fired". That time I used to think that he was acting, now I have realized that it was for real. It is said that Trump's deal can never be a win-win deal, it is I win you lose. It is said that if you enter his office, he will lob a grenade at you to watch your reaction. Then what is Trump's recipe for success?
Extreme actions of Democrats is the key to success for Trump. They literally opened the borders for illegal migrants. Even migrants started coming in from far away countries. Lot of Indians sold their property to pay the human traffickers, whose rates kept shooting up in the four years of Biden. The Democrats took wokeism to new levels. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion was taken to extremes, where it seemed that the Govt was paying people for not to work. Single mothers' allowances encouraged them not to enter wedlock. Lax laws were encouraging teenagers to ransack stores and carjack. LGBTQI had gone to extremes, resulting in sex change of minors. Trump is an expert in judging the pulse of the masses and doing more than the straight talk. His sealing of the borders using the Army and visual deportation of illegal immigrants is appreciated by citizens. He is also taking care of wokeism, stopping transgender people from taking part in women's sports and supporting law enforcement.
The principle behind reciprocal tariffs can't be questioned. Why should a country be at the receiving end if it is doing well financially. The abruptness and sudden implementation may be wrong, but then that is Trump's style. After the demise of the USSR, European Countries also took advantage by shifting the NATO borders towards Russia. Wokeism also kept increasing, till recently, wherein some Countries have voted in Nationalist governments.
All this has allowed Trump to take the other extreme, causing panic and concern in the whole world. The pendulum is moving from one extremity to another. Extreme actions have extreme outcomes as will be judged by History. The silver lining for European Countries is that this is a good time to look inwards and get their act together, which may help to improve their economy.
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