The time has come!
On Tuesday, Donald Trump finally gave his first official State Of The Union address at the U.S. Capitol building, and boy, it was a doozy!
Before the speech even started, the President and Melania Trump arrived SEPARATELY to the event, according to CNN.
As we reported last week, the First Lady abruptly canceled a trip with Donnie to Davos, Switzerland amid reports he had an alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels. She has reportedly been spending “three to four days a week” at a luxurious D.C. hotel ever since the “humiliating” news broke out.
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To start things off, the businessman says the current state of the union is “strong,” because of its strong people. Ever since he took office, Trump takes credit for creating 2.4 million jobs (largely in manufacturing), raising wages, and lowering the unemployment rate, especially for African American and Latino communities.
He also says he enacted the biggest tax cuts in United States history, doubled child tax credit, and repealed the core of Barack Obama‘s Obamacare, getting rid of mandatory mandates.
In terms of the future, Trump urges both parties to set aside their differences, and to “seek common ground.” The President hopes to significantly lower the cost of prescription drugs, to make trade relationships with other countries fair and reciprocal, to rebuild our “crumbling infrastructure,” and to reform prisons in order to give second chances to those who have served their time.
In terms of immigration reform, he offers a proposal that strikes a compromise between Democrats and Republicans. Specifically, Trump wants to offer a path of citizenship to 1.8 million immigrants over a 12-year period based on their education, skill, and moral character; to fully secure the border (a.k.a. build the wall) which will close loopholes allowing “gang members” into the country; to end the visa lottery; and to protect the nuclear family by ending chain immigration.
During the extremely long speech, social media users couldn’t help but voice their opinions/frustrations on Twitter. They wrote:
Trump using heartbroken families and actual heroes of conscience to get applause for his horrifying, cowardly policies is instantly poisonous and embarrassing. #SOTU
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) January 31, 2018
The entire GOP right now… #SOTU pic.twitter.com/C52ccLbUvf
— John Jennings (@Johnnings) January 31, 2018
BREAKING: Trump plagiarized part of #SOTU from Hillary Clinton, “This, in fact, is our new American moment. There has never been a better time to start living the American Dream.”
— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) January 31, 2018
We will invent lightsabers #SOTU pic.twitter.com/ReiuJKvatX
— Darth Vader (@DepressedDarth) January 31, 2018
Donald Trump is shamelessly exploiting the grief and agony of these families’ suffering for his narcissistic, hateful political agenda.#SOTU
— Charlotte Clymer🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) January 31, 2018
Let’s wrap this up. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/JJqrrLNMEV
— RJ (@Ryan_Johnson) January 31, 2018
It’s a complicated emotion to both be deeply moved by those Trump is calling out and deeply perturbed by why he’s doing it.
— josh groban (@joshgroban) January 31, 2018
No mention of Niger or of Sgt LaDavid Johnson, no mention of those Soldiers. Why not.. just asking.
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) January 31, 2018
Las Vegas Shooter:
Not an immigrant
Sandy Hook Shooter:
Not an immigrant.
Charleston Church Shooter:
Not an immigrant.
Aurora Movie Theater Shooter:
Not an immigrant.
Texas Church Shooter:
Not an immigrant
Columbine Shooters:
Not immigrants.#SOTU
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) January 31, 2018
#BoycottStateOfTheUnion listen to some music, read a good book, meditate, call an old friend and catch up, get an extra two hours of sleep.
— Sandra Bernhard (@SandraBernhard) January 31, 2018
There├óΓé¼Γäós evil genius in rebranding “family reunification” to the dehumanizing, infestation-sounding “chain migration.”
See also: citizens united, which is the beautiful way to say “the rich get to own all of politics”
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) January 31, 2018
Dreamers should not be used as a bargaining chip or held hostage in exchange for anti-immigrant policies. #SOTU
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 31, 2018
If Trump really wanted to protect our veterans he would give the 39,471 homeless ones a roof over their head instead of empty platitudes in a speech. #SOTU #StateOfOurUnion
— Secular Talk (@KyleKulinski) January 31, 2018
WATCH a clip of the State of the Union address (below):
[Image via CBS News/Twitter.]
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