What I'm hearing is
The strangest State of the Union ever
I agree but why couldn’t this of been posted in the SOTU thread?
Because I was the first to post this AFTER the address was over. An up to date thread, if you will.
Thank you for starting a new thread. Post SOTU discussion is VERY different from discussion during and before.
The president inflated details and straight-up misled Americans about his policies during his address to Congress.
He boasted about achievements in promoting peace between Israelis and Palestinians even though his plan makes fighting between them even more likely. He claimed he is protecting preexisting conditions in health care, even though he has repeatedly tried to kill the Affordable Care Act. He bragged about the healthy economy as a strong indicator of the success of his presidency, when much of the economy’s success is due to factors outside of Trump’s control.
He bragged about the healthy economy as a strong indicator of the success of his presidency even though 2019 economic growth was only 2.3%. Candidate Trump would say President Trump is a failure.
While it’s true the economy has grown stronger since the Great Recession, improvements predate Trump. Much of the blue-collar wage growth he boasted about in his State of the Union speech most likely results from
state minimum wage increases rather than Trump’s policies. And in the first annual comprehensive review of Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the
Congressional Research Service reported that the legislation did not live up to its promises.
Here Are The Biggest Whoppers From Trump's 2020 State Of The Union | HuffPost