Jan 31, 2018

CNN | Jan 31, 2018 CET | ~ Trump's State of the Union address: Tough talk and call for unity ~ | Blogger: 🗣️🗣️🗣️ "President Donald Trump, in his first State Of the Union address, struck an upbeat tone in proclaiming that the nation is “strong because our people are strong (wsj)”."Keep Guantanamo open, new immigration policy, facing North Korean nuclear threat, improving the ‘American dream’ on Trump’s to-do list. Donald Trump declared there has “never been a better time to start living the American dream” as he cited lower unemployment rates, tax cuts and reforms in immigration policies (hindustantimes)". "In the hour-long address, Donald Trump spoke about the American economy and the tax cuts undertaken by his government. He also talked about "decades of unfair trade deals", "immigration policies that focus on the best interests of American Workers and American Families", "what kind of nation" America will be, and America's "fight until ISIS is defeated" among others (ndtv )" ... "RT -- Too much traditional values, too little Russia-bashing – MSM’s grievances with Trump’s SOTU? As some mainstream media rushed to genuinely fact-check US President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, others jumped straight to the fault-finding. In an article hot on the heels of the address, Huffington Post’s Akbar Shahid Ahmed accused Trump of letting Russia off too easy. The president only mentioned Russia once in his speech (as he did with China), merely referring to it as a rival, not a sworn enemy hell-bent on America’s downfall ... |



 .. President Donald Trump sought to infuse his maiden State of the Union address Tuesday with an undercurrent of optimism, issuing a call for Democrats and Republicans to look past deep national divisions in order to do good by the American people.  Even as he worked to bridge growing national schisms, however, Trump didn't avoid the dark warnings about immigrants and nods to populist nationalism that have helped foment disunity over the past year. Over the course of his 80-minute address -- one of the longest-running State of the Union speeches in history -- Trump heralded the economic successes of his first year in office, including a soaring stock market and low unemployment. He trumpeted the large package of tax cuts he signed into law last year and proclaimed that a regulatory rollback has allowed industries to thrive. And he staged several emotional moments with invited guests sitting in the first lady's box, including the parents of Otto Warmbier, who died after being returned to the United States by his North Korean captors ..