It will go down in history as the “Bah! Humbug!” address.
But this was not an address by a self-confident man dishing out Christmas presents to the nation. It smacked of desperation from one who can feel the December windchill of opinion polls – a Reuters/ Ipsos poll on Tuesday showed just 33% of US adults approve of how Trump has handled the economy – dissent in his own Republican ranks and the Jeffrey Epstein files looming on Friday.
The speech also revealed Trump’s need for a reliable foil. Over the years Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have been useful nemeses for a man and movement defined less by what they are for than what they are against.
As usual. Left and right alike are completely wrapped up in his tone and his “eyebrow raising” performances, bickering with each other about what he “means” about this and that.
Meanwhile, they’re extorting other countries for oil at gunpoint, completely gutting all of our social programs for every last penny, deploying more grifts and cons, taking over the fed, and withdrawing healthcare protections for marginalized people.
They are literally just robbing the whole country. We will never see a fat fucking DIME of what they’re pouring directly into the pockets of investors and donors, and that’s what they don’t want us unified and focused on. Because then we might all start comparing notes and realizing we want the same thing and like… go fix shit.
No one has forgotten any of those things just because they’re briefly talking about this.
Venezuela, health care and Epstein are all more prominent in the media.