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2026 State of the Union discussion thread
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Yeah, that's it.
I'm a middle-aged, middle-class, white-collar professional whose career requires him to examine global economic and political events, understand their consequences and then assess their impacts.
What, exactly, was "extreme", "progressive", "left-wing" or "liberal" about anything I wrote? To the best of my ability, that series of statements was written without political spin.
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Responding to facts with opinion is weak sauce.
Biden was President for four years and must not have been so bad if everything was fixed in 13 months under Trump.
You make it sound like Biden put puppies into a blender.
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Since I spent the speech in the Mirror Universe, can I just presume it will involve free visits to the Agony Booth:
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The one thing I really appreciated was how both sides cheered and celebrated the US Olympic hockey team. Surry Canada.
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Trump makes those countries look better, than Trump. The problem is Trump screwing up America. And starting trouble with countries, that aren't a threat with America. America/ Trump should focus on American need. And not phony stuff in other countries.
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So now I have been starting to read the transcript (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/politics/state-of-the-union-transcript-trump.html). How can it be acceptable to just make things up as holder of the highest office in the US? The inflation was not at record levels when he took office. The last point in the graph is for 2024, 2.9% can't be called record levels. Or if it can I'm interesting to know by what criteria.
Is he just as sloppy with other economic data?
Inflation, consumer prices for the United States
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Is he just as sloppy with other economic data?
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Yes, he is. It is hard to call a real GDP growth of 2.2% "roaring". In fact it is seems to be lower than for any year for Biden's "stagnant" economy.
Real Gross Domestic Product
View the annual rate of economic output, or the inflation-adjusted value of all new goods and services produced by labor and property located in the U.S.
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....I chose to spend two hours of my Tuesday in more productive activities.
From what I understand, Trump doubled down on all of his current policies (?)
For a president whose approval rating is sinking, that doesn't seem like a wise political move.
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From what I understand, Trump doubled down on all of his current policies (?)
For a president whose approval rating is sinking, that doesn't seem like a wise political move.
How popular is Donald Trump?
Silver Bulletin approval ratings for President Trump — and all presidents since Truman.
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It makes me an embarrassed to be an American, even though I have had absolutely nothing to do with his ascent into power--and in fact have worked within the system against his election both times.
Still, being an American, I share in our collective guilt and shame.
Have I let the insanity around me go unchallenged? No. I challenge it all the time, here in a red city in a red state where Confederate license plates were on so many cars because the high school team was the Rebels.
The normalization of lies, braggadocio, probable dementia, with scores of complicit legislators who should know better makes me ill.
Still, being an American, I share in our collective guilt and shame.
Have I let the insanity around me go unchallenged? No. I challenge it all the time, here in a red city in a red state where Confederate license plates were on so many cars because the high school team was the Rebels.
The normalization of lies, braggadocio, probable dementia, with scores of complicit legislators who should know better makes me ill.
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Very little actual content for two hours of that.
The usual lies about the state of the economy, gas prices, inflation and drug prices going down 500%
Factchecking the SOTU
People with medals. People awarded medals. I deserve a medal. Medals appeared to be the biggest theme of the speech.
New in 2026 domestic policy, some kind of 401K for everybody that We The People will kick in $1,000 for everybody.
Foreign policy almost invisible. (Seriously, I missed out on Bingo from post #8 from how little there was. No rambling about Chyna? No Greenland?!?)
We beat Canada on ice
We abducted Maduro and took oil
Vague threats to Iran
'ended 8 wars'
oh, I suppose tariffs and moaning about the Supreme Court decision counts
The usual lies about the state of the economy, gas prices, inflation and drug prices going down 500%
Factchecking the SOTU
People with medals. People awarded medals. I deserve a medal. Medals appeared to be the biggest theme of the speech.
New in 2026 domestic policy, some kind of 401K for everybody that We The People will kick in $1,000 for everybody.
Foreign policy almost invisible. (Seriously, I missed out on Bingo from post #8 from how little there was. No rambling about Chyna? No Greenland?!?)
We beat Canada on ice
We abducted Maduro and took oil
Vague threats to Iran
'ended 8 wars'
oh, I suppose tariffs and moaning about the Supreme Court decision counts
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Retired 100-year-old fighter pilot from Escondido receives Medal of Honor
Over Korea in 1952, Williams survived what is believed to be the longest dogfight in U.S. military history, in which he battled Soviet fightersDespite being outnumbered, Williams took down four of the [seven] jet fighters as his plane was hit more than 260 times and he was severely injured.
The incident was kept confidential because the Soviet Union was not officially a combatant in the Korean conflict, and American officials feared that if the air battle became known, it could compel the Soviets to formally enter the war.
Williams didn’t speak about the details of the encounter — even with family members — until records about the dogfight were declassified in 2002.
Trump also announced that the Medal of Honor would be awarded to Chief Warrant Officer Eric Slover, an Army helicopter pilot who was gravely wounded in the 2026 raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Trump added that he too hopes to one day receive a Medal of Honor.
“But I was informed I’m not allowed to give it to myself,” Trump said. “But if they ever open up that law, I will be there with you someday.”
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