Trump’s State of the Union – How Dare He…?!?

How dare the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, deliver the State of the Union address last night, to a joint session of Congress on live television…?!? After all, wasn’t it Hillary Clinton who was supposed to be delivering that speech…?!?

How dare President Trump talk about the members of our armed forces, emergency responders, those Americans who put themselves in harm’s way, to come to the aid of their countrymen, here at home and across the seas…?!? After all, pointing out all they do to protect us is nothing more than a ploy to distract us from the Mueller investigation…

How dare he call upon our legislators, both Democrat and Republican, to set aside their partisan differences and seek common ground to deliver for the American people they are elected to serve…?!? Doesn’t he know we are a divided country, incapable of joining together for the greater good…?

How dare this man tout the accomplishments of his first year in office, creating 2.4 million new jobs, 200,000 of these in manufacturing, alone, achieving historical low unemployment figures for blacks and Hispanics, and touting record highs in the stock market which enrich everyone’s 401k plans, retirement pensions and college savings accounts…?!? Doesn’t he know that rescinding thousands and thousands of regulations, cutting business and personal income taxes, and eliminating ObamaCare’s individual mandates only amount to tax cuts for the rich…?!?

How dare he tell the American people to believe in themselves, believe in America, and tell them that they can dream anything, be anything and achieve anything…?!? Surely, he knows that nothing of the sort can be accomplished, without Democrats regaining control of both houses of Congress, and then telling the people how they must think and how they shall live their lives, because Americans are unable to think for themselves…

How dare President Trump evoke patriotism, how dare he mention the motto “In God, We Trust,” how dare he say we should stand for the National Anthem or place our hands over our hearts when we say the Pledge of Allegiance…?!? Doesn’t he realize that doing so is an assault on the First Amendment and that he is marginalizing those who don’t believe in these things?

How dare he call for lowering the prices of prescription and generic drugs, how dare he call for speeding up FDA approvals for revolutionary new treatments, and allowing terminal patients to avail themselves of potential life-saving treatments…?!? Doesn’t he realize that the people have no right to treat their medical conditions without government regulation and approvals…?!?

How dare the president talk about the pursuit of fair and reciprocal trade deals, protect American workers and American intellectual property…?!? Doesn’t he understand that Americans are supposed to prop up other countries, even at the expense of ourselves and our jobs…?!?

How dare he talk about clean coal and energy independence when he knows that dependence upon foreign oil is what keeps potentates in power and energy prices high, and that keeping coal mines closed in states like Kentucky and West Virginia supports the import of foreign coal from countries who don’t have to abide by the Paris climate accords for the next thirteen years…?!?

How dare he call for shortening the timetables for building roads and improving infrastructure…?!?   Doesn’t he realize that thousands of bureaucrats depend upon these notoriously slow approval processes for their very livelihoods…?!?

How dare the president speak of securing our borders against illegal entry, doing away with lottery visas and chain migration, just so he can provide a path towards citizenship to 1.8 million illegal immigrants and their children…?!? Doesn’t he realize that there should actually be no borders, and that people have the right to come to this country unimpeded and avail themselves of American largesse, without any restrictions, just so they can become registered Democrat voters and ensure the perpetual primacy of that party?

How dare he call upon both parties to work together on bringing our immigration laws into the realities of the 21st century, and how dare he say that Americans are dreamers, too…?!? Doesn’t the president understand that immigration reform can only happen when Republicans are called racist xenophobes, and doesn’t he understand that only children of illegal aliens are allowed to dream…?!?

How dare the president speak of annihilating ISIS, when his predecessor promised us we would have to live with the reality of Islamic terrorism, how dare he keep the Guantanamo detention facility open when his predecessor promised to close that facility, and how dare he decry rogue regimes around the world, especially North Korea, who are bent on achieving the capability to land a nuclear weapon here in the United States…?!? Doesn’t he realize that they, too, have the right to pursue their own dreams of destroying America, and doesn’t he know that every country in the world deserves American financial support, regardless of whether or not they are allies…?!?

How dare he recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel…?!? Doesn’t he know that doing so is offensive to those nations who seek to destroy Israel, and doesn’t he know that doing so is counter-productive to a peace process that has failed to achieve a two-state solution for the past forty years…?!?

How dare the President of the United States refer to the Capitol dome as a monument to the American people, when they should otherwise see the Capitol dome as a monument to the politicians we elect…?!?…

…and how dare the president tell Americans that it is they, the American people, who are making America great, again, when all that it does is to co-opt a cheap campaign slogan and attempt to bring the country together…?!? Doesn’t his horrible man realize that keeping the people divided against each other, and using these divisions to retain partisan political power is in the best traditions of our country…?!?…

The nerve of this guy !

-Drew Nickell, 31 January 2018

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