Opinions? Personally, I thought it was fantastic! It was one of the best addresses I've ever witnessed. The best part was seeing a Republican President deliver the speech with a Republican Vice-President in the background along with a Republican Speaker of the House instead of the debacle to which we've been subjected for the past 8 years. Ahhhhh, times are good.
Get on the Trump Train, stupid liberals... you're witnessing a positive new beginning in America. February 28, 2017 President Trump declared Tuesday that a “new chapter of American greatness is now beginning” as he made economic revival the centerpiece of his first address to Congress – issuing a clarion call to “restart the engine of the American economy” through tax cuts, better trade deals, immigration enforcement and a $1 trillion infrastructure program. He also called on Congress to replace what he called the “imploding ObamaCare disaster” with legislation that lowers costs and expands access, an ambitious goal for GOP lawmakers still trying to come together on a plan. The president outlined his agenda in an address to a joint session of Congress that lasted roughly an hour and focused largely on priorities at home, more than abroad. He offered a decidedly upbeat vision for the future of the country that stood in contrast to his at-times foreboding inauguration address. “Everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. Every problem can be solved. And every hurting family can find healing, and hope,” Trump said, urging lawmakers to "join forces" to deliver. Trump for the most part traded the contentious and punchy tone of the last few weeks for loftier – some might say more presidential – rhetoric. Declaring “the time for small thinking is over,” Trump appealed to the country to “believe, once more, in America.” “A new chapter of American greatness is now beginning. A new national pride is sweeping across our nation,” he said. “And a new surge of optimism is placing impossible dreams firmly within our grasp.” He described his address as a “message of unity and strength.” The generally well-received speech could mark an opportunity for Trump to reset his young presidency after a rocky start in which clashes with the media and staffing controversies at times overshadowed action on the jobs front. In perhaps the most memorable moment of the night, the audience broke out into extended applause as Trump introduced the widow of William "Ryan" Owens, the Navy SEAL killed in a raid in Yemen last month. Carryn Owens sobbed as lawmakers gave her a standing ovation and Trump said the raid he participated in yielded vital intelligence. His “legacy is etched into eternity,” Trump said. In between the more dramatic moments were a host of policy prescriptions that could have a big impact on discussions in Congress. Trump called for a “national rebuilding,” urging Congress to pass legislation that produces a $1 trillion public-private investment in infrastructure. Speaking to a key campaign promise that has yet to be realized, he said his team is developing “historic tax reform that will reduce the tax rate on our companies so they can compete and thrive anywhere and with anyone.” He vowed a “big, big cut” including “massive tax relief for the middle class.” And he urged Congress to replace ObamaCare “with reforms that expand choice, increase access, lower costs, and at the same time, provide better health care.” He outlined “principles” to guide negotiations, including a call for Americans with pre-existing coverage to keep access to care, for states to have “flexibility” with Medicaid, and for Americans to be able to buy insurance across state lines. Calling education the “civil rights issue of our time,” Trump also urged Congress to pass an education bill funding “school choice.” While laying out his agenda, Trump touted his early-administration accomplishments while claiming he inherited many problems. And as he did during the presidential campaign, he pushed a nationalist message, making big promises for what will happen when America puts its citizens first: “Dying industries will come roaring back to life. … Crumbling infrastructure will be replaced with new roads, bridges, tunnels, airports and railways gleaming across our very, very beautiful land. … Above all else, we will keep our promises to the American people.” He said his job is to represent the United States, not the world. In calling to “restart” the American jobs engine, Trump said the U.S. must make it “easier for companies to do business in the United States, and much, much harder for companies to leave our country.” He also defended his stepped-up deportations and other border security plans, casting his immigration agenda as part of the broader economic plan. By enforcing immigration laws, he said, “we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions and billions of dollars, and make our communities safer for everyone.” He joined GOP lawmakers seeking reforms to legal immigration – and potentially reopened the broader debate in Congress by saying immigration reform is possible. Trump's first official status report to Congress came amid a fast-paced opening volley of activity at the start of his term: a slew of executive actions, a forthcoming budget proposal and various side-deals with American companies aimed at creating jobs. Trump was eager to highlight those accomplishments, but also faces early challenges: an order suspending refugee and other admissions on hold by the courts, questions about his team’s contacts with Russia and a Congress that has not yet moved legislation on key priorities. The biggest task ahead is Republicans’ drive to repeal and replace ObamaCare. As Trump appealed for a comprehensive package, some in the party have been divided over the plans being privately discussed at the Capitol. House Speaker Paul Ryan played down divisions ahead of Tuesday’s speech. “This is a plan that we are all working on together,” he told reporters. “There aren’t rival plans here.” After the speech, Ryan applauded Trump for what he called a "home run." But the official Democratic response offered a reminder of the resistance Trump will face on his legislative agenda, particularly on ObamaCare. Former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear warned those efforts would strip affordable health insurance from Americans. “This isn’t a game. It’s life and death for people,” he said. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...gress-calls-to-restart-engine-us-economy.html
Smacked it out of the park, he did. The only ones filling their shorts are the liberals scrambling to discredit President Trump, rather than supporting his vision and efforts to "make America great again".
Yep. I heard someone say after the speech, "He was elected in November, but became president tonight". Though technically incorrect, I understand what they were trying to say. It was one helluva speech and was one of the best I've ever heard any president deliver. President Trump was focused, sincere, eloquent and determined in presenting his vision to the American people. Anyone who wasn't impressed by this speech is brain dead.
Yeah, I think that we working stiffs will all agree around the water cooler that the President really came into his own last night. We'll also return home to the nightly news, and learn that the remainder of the nation has been confirmed brain-dead.
I now believe Trump can read a teleprompter. Easily disprovable lies.... 1."Obamacare premiums nationwide have increased by double and triple digits," Trump said, citing a 116 percent increase in Arizona as an example. Wrong. Most people get their health care through the employer, and those premiums haven't spiked by nearly this amount. And for many people on the health care exchanges, federal subsidies are offsetting premium increases. Overall premium increases were actually faster under President George W. Bush than under President Barack Obama. 2. “We’ve defended the borders of other nations, while leaving our own borders wide open, for anyone to cross — and for drugs to pour in at a now unprecedented rate.” Wrong. The data are mixed on the amount of drugs coming through the borders, but illegal immigration flows across the Southern border in fiscal 2015 were at the lowest levels since 1972, except for in 2011. 3. “Since my election, Ford, Fiat-Chrysler, General Motors, Sprint, Softbank, Lockheed, Intel, Walmart, and many others, have announced that they will invest billions of dollars in the United States and will create tens of thousands of new American jobs.” Rubbish. Trump is taking credit for business decisions made before his election. 4. “As we speak, we are removing gang members, drug dealers and criminals that threaten our communities and prey on our citizens. Bad ones are going out as I speak and as I have promised throughout the campaign.” More rubbish. About a quarter of the arrests that grabbed headlines in early February were of people who had lesser charges and noncriminal convictions. According to anecdotes of recent arrests, undocumented people with traffic violations were subject to arrest. 5. “By finally enforcing our immigration laws we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions and billions of dollars and make our communities safer for everyone.” Baloney. Research shows noncitizens are less prone to criminality than U.S.-born citizens. The vast majority of unauthorized immigrants are not criminal aliens or aggravated felons. And there’s no evidence that reducing immigration “saves” America any money at all. 6. “Millions lifted from welfare to work is not too much to expect.” More rubbish. Participation has declined sharply in means-tested programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps). 7. “Ninety-four million Americans are out of the labor force.” Wrong. Most of the people who are out of the labor force are retired, students, in jail, stay-at-home parents, or disabled. They aren’t looking for work. Only about a quarter of the approximately 90 million people officially listed as being out of the labor force are able to get back in the job hunt if labor-market conditions were to improve. 8. "Right now, American companies are taxed at one of the highest rates anywhere in the world." Rubbish. The official tax rate doesn’t reflect all the deductions and tax credits. When they're figured in, American corporations pay about the same effective tax rates as companies in other nations. 9. “America has spent approximately $6 trillion in the Middle East, all this while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. With this $6 trillion we could have rebuilt our country — twice.” Wildly wrong. The wars in Iraq (in the Middle East) and Afghanistan (in South Asia) together cost about $1.6 trillion from 2001 to 2014. Trump’s $6 trillion-figure includes estimates of future spending -- much of which Trump himself plans to spend. 10. “The murder rate in 2015 experienced its largest single-year increase in nearly half a century. In Chicago, more than 4,000 people were shot last year alone — and the murder rate so far this year has been even higher. This is not acceptable in our society.” Wrong again. Overall violent crime is on a decades-long decline, since the height of the crack cocaine epidemic in the early 1990s. 11. “Jamiel’s 17-year-old son was viciously murdered by an illegal immigrant gang member, who had just been released from prison. Jamiel Shaw Jr. was an incredible young man, with unlimited potential who was getting ready to go to college where he would have excelled as a great quarterback. But he never got the chance. His father, who is in the audience tonight, has become a good friend of mine.” Anecdotes don’t prove anything. U.S. Sentencing Commission data show homicides are a small percentage of the crimes committed by noncitizens, whether they are in the United States illegally or not. 12. “I can tell you the money is pouring in. Very nice.”
Two quotes from an interview Trump gave to Axios earlier this week tell that story: 1. “I like bullets or I like as little as possible. I don't need, you know, 200-page reports on something that can be handled on a page. That I can tell you.” 2. This.
Yep, your post is nothing but easily disprovable lies. Your posts like this are usually ridiculous, but this one is so far beyond the pale it is funny. BTW, just when did Obamacare stretch to employer insurance?
In spite of Mr. RBGUPI's opinion, it appears someone definitely liked it. So far the DOW is up 300+ points!
How interesting! The Clinton News Network poll supports Trump. Maybe that just shows how out of touch they really are along with Mr. RBGUPI. 7-in-10 speech-watchers say Trump boosted optimism (CNN)President Donald Trump's first address to Congress received largely positive reviews from viewers, with 57% who tuned in saying they had a very positive reaction to the speech, according to a new CNN/ORC poll of speech-watchers. Nearly 7-in-10 who watched said the President's proposed policies would move the country in the right direction and almost two-thirds said the president has the right priorities for the country. Overall, about 7-in-10 said the speech made them feel more optimistic about the direction of the country. Donald Trump's Congress speech (full text) The survey, conducted among a group of Americans who said in interviews conducted before the speech that they planned to watch and agreed to be re-contacted, only reflects the views of those who watched the speech, not of all Americans. People who choose to watch a political speech such as this one tend to be more supportive of the speaker. In this case, the pool of speech-watchers was about eight points more Republican than the population as a whole. On specific issues, Trump scored the highest marks for his proposed policies on the economy, with 72% saying those went in the right direction. Almost as many, 70%, said the same about his terrorism proposals. Slightly fewer, but still a majority, felt his policies on taxes (64%), immigration (62%) or health care (61%) were heading in the right direction. Ideologically, about two-thirds saw Trump's speech as about right, while roughly on-quarter (26%) pegged it as too conservative. Just 8% said it wasn't conservative enough. President Trump's speech to Congress in 140 characters (opinion) While the 57% who said they had a very positive reaction to Trump's speech outpaces the marks received by his predecessor for any of his recent State of the Union addresses, they fell below the reviews either Barack Obama or George W. Bush received for either of their initial addresses to Congress. In 2009, 68% had a very positive reaction to Obama, while 66% gave Bush very positive reviews in 2001. Likewise, the 69% of speech-watchers who thought Trump's policies would move the nation in the right direction lagged behind the share who felt that way about Obama's or Bush's policies in the first year, and ranks around their low-marks on this score. Obama's low-mark on that score was 68% last year and his high was 88% in 2009. Bush topped out at 91% in 2002 and hit a low mark of 67% in the final year of his presidency. The CNN/ORC Poll was conducted February 28 among 509 Americans who watched President Trump's speech. Respondents were first interviewed as part of a random national sample conducted February 24-27. In those interviews, respondents indicated they planned to watch tonight's speech and were willing to be re-interviewed. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points. http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/28/politics/donald-trump-joint-address-poll/
Yes, it was a GREAT speech! Like I've said previously, anyone who didn't like that speech is brain dead.
Yes, no substance, no details, no new ideas, no plan, no specifics, no clue,... no wonder you morons loved it so much. Just a lot of trust me.
Hell yeah! Seven out of 10 people said President Trump's speech boosted their optimism! I'll say it again: It was a great speech!! Huge Majority of Viewers Approve of Trump’s Speech Surveys find 70-80 percent of Americans gave president's address to Congress a thumbs up March 1, 2017 A whopping seven in 10 voters said President Donald Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress boosted their optimism, according to a CNN/ORC poll. Roughly 70 percent of surveyed viewers said that Trump’s policies expressed in his speech would guide the country in the right direction. Seventy-two percent said the president’s economic policies were right on track, while 70 percent approved of his counterterrorism proposals. Sixty-four percent of those polled liked Trump’s comments on tax policy, whereas 62 percent and 61 percent approved of his immigration and health care stances, respectively. Two-thirds of respondents believed Trump’s speech was on the right ideological track, 26 percent dubbed it too conservative, and 8 percent didn’t think it was as conservative as it could have been, the poll found. The CNN/ORC poll surveyed 509 Americans who viewed Trump’s address to the joint session of Congress Tuesday. Of those polled, 33 percent identified as Republicans, 28 percent said they were Democrats, and 39 percent were independents. But that wasn’t the only poll that showed a positive reaction to Trump’s message and tone. A CBS News/YouGov poll found that a whopping 82 percent of viewers found the speech to be “presidential” and 76 percent said they approved of the content. In addition, 36 percent of the Democrats polled admitted they found the speech “unifying.” The CBS News/YouGov poll, which surveyed 857 speech-watchers, consisted of 39 percent Republicans, 23 percent Democrats, and 38 percent independents. High percentages of those surveyed in the CBS News/YouGov poll approved of Trump’s policies, while 61 percent said they felt “more optimistic” afterward. Seventy percent liked the president’s stated immigration policies, 75 percent liked his economic policies, 78 percent approved of his infrastructure plans, and 65 percent liked where he was going with Obamacare. After a particularly bitter and divisive 2016 election season, Trump’s first major speech since his Jan. 20 inaugural address was met with overwhelmingly positive responses from both the Left and the Right. In one stunning reversal of tone, frequent Trump critic and CNN contributor Van Jones praised the president’s address and emphasized one key moment in particular — the moment when the crowd gave a prolonged standing ovation to Carryn Owens, the widow of the Navy SEAL recently killed in a raid in Yemen. “He became president of the United States in that moment. Period,” Jones said on CNN immediately following Trump’s speech. “There are a lot of people who have a lot of reasons to be frustrated with him, to be mad at him. But that was one of the most extraordinary moments you have ever seen in American politics. Period.” http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/huge-majority-viewers-approve-trumps-speech/
