Biden came out swinging and knocked the Republicans so far back on their heels
Everyone was expecting a historic train wreck of a State of the Union last night and they got it. But it wasn’t the one they thought it would be. President Joe Biden’s address was powerful and dynamic and no doubt put a lot of timorous Democrats’ worries to rest (at least for a day or so.) It was Donald Trump’s highly touted response that failed dramatically.
Biden came out swinging and knocked the Republicans so far back on their heels that they had to completely abandon the image of him they’ve been building since 2020 — a man so old and feeble that he can’t even feed himself — and instead hilariously whimper about his loud macho aggression. They whined mightily that Biden was too « political » apparently forgetting that in his last State of the Union speech, Donald Trump bestowed the Medal of Freedom on far-right, hate radio star Rush Limbaugh calling him « a special man, beloved by millions of Americans. »
Biden gave a barn burner of a speech that wasn’t boring, which is highly unusual for any president but especially unusual for a president many people have been convinced has one foot in the grave. As it turned out, what actually died last night was Trump’s Truth Social media platform. Trump had flamboyantly promised to do a « play-by-play » of Biden’s address but the site went down for many people all over the country before Biden even reached the podium, leaving us with only these important insights:
We were all waiting on tenterhooks for over an hour to read what he had to say about Biden’s choice of socks until the site came back up to reveal that Trump had pretty much just been ranting about Biden coughing and warning people not to shake his hand because it has germs. And Trump also lied and lied and lied about his own record, obviously unnerved by Biden’s very pointed criticism, especially in the very strong opening section of the speech, when the audience was biggest and most attentive, in which Biden strongly contrasted his record against his predecessor.
It was one of his best speeches and delivered with a vigor that puts Donald Trump’s recent rambling low energy rallies to shame.
Starting with foreign policy Biden made a compelling case for support for Ukraine and went after Trump (without ever using his name) for his Putin toadying, particularly the asinine comment that he’d tell him « do whatever the hell you want » to any NATO country that doesn’t « pay its bills.
