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State of the Union 2018: Just Another Dick and His Wall
Sterica
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Tonight @ 9pm EST
It's time for the annual State of the Union address! What is that, you may ask? It's when the president of the United States gets pretty much the whole of the federal government together and give a speech on, as you may have guessed, the status of the country. But these days that purpose has more or less gone out the window, as no president would admit that the country is ailing under their watch. So instead it's more about hearing what the president has accomplished in the past year, and what they plan to do in this new year. It gives a self-imposed set of goals to judge the administration on, although sadly most will have forgotten about it by Valentine's Day. It also gives the president a chance to speak directly to the American people about what they plan to do, although our current president's...methods of communication have shown that social media is even eroding that part of the speech.
This will be Trump's first state of the union, as last year he did a weird "I'm a big boy!" speech to show how *~~Presidential~~* he could be since giving a State of the Union address right after taking office is kinda silly. It's hard to say if we'll get moments of bizarre behaviors, those little breaks as Trump gets bored and goes off script. He did well enough, behaviorally speaking, last year, so it'll likely be a dull event. With his polls still in the gutter, and his behavior having arguably gotten worse, it remains to be scene if Trump can at least pretend to be an adult for an evening instead of a child who was promised candy if he doesn't burp while reading his paper to the class.
Oh, and this thread is special, and thus it has special rules:
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- Being SE++, the thread will not always be on topic. This generally isn't a problem during the meat of the State of the Union, but things may derail a bit before and after to talk about hot topics of the day. Don't get too bent out of shape over this.
Donald "Shithole" Trump
President of the United States of America
State of the Union
Trump's presidency thus far has been marked mostly by struggles and failures. Repeatedly stymied when repealing the ACA, kicking minorities out of the country, and even maintaining consistent staff, the Trump administration is kind of a mess. Things have been looking up for the Orange One, as his tax cut reform was a major coup, and he's also getting credit for the recovering economy. Does he deserve such praise? Absolutely not, but he will continue to take credit for the recovery that had been in motion years prior to his election. Immigration is the big thing right now, especially with democrats caving quickly during a government shutdown to protect dreamers, a nickname for immigrants who were brought over here as children. We're talking 800,000 lives on the line here, so we'll see how Trump approaches the issue now. Also, maybe some paranoid ranting about the FBI. We'll see.
Expected Topics: Jerking off to how great the DOW is doing, telling everyone how great the tax cuts are for corporations, lots on immigration, and of course that fucking wall.
Joe "Yet Another" Kennedy
Representative of Massachusetts
Democratic Response
Democrats are playing from a tough spot. Their shutdown went nowhere fast, which has gotten people on both sides upset with them. The economy is doing well, and it's hard to explain in a short time how Trump has precious little to do with that, especially when Trump can just point a finger at bigger numbers and claim he did it. Simply put, the bad stuff from Trump's presidency is not going to come to fruition right away (...unless you're a dreamer), which makes it much harder to fight against him. The good news is that Democrats are still polling pretty strongly for midterms, and they're coming off some big wins in Alabama and Virginia. And Trump still polls terribly and is rude little shit, alleviating a lot of the heavy lifting they'll need to combat his administration. But November is still a ways away, so dems still have to play a careful game.
Expected Topics: That immigrants are, in fact, human beings, why the ACA is good, and why Trump is terrible.
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So I feel I will watch one of my $10 amazon movies that came in , instead of the humble brag our pos PotUS will do
Take a drink if you are crippled with despair. Take a drink if the full phrase "make America great again" is spoken aloud. Take a drink if you fear for your life because of President Elderly Crash Bandicoot Skin. Finish the bottle if a Democrat walks out mid speech.
I hope all the Democrats boycott it. I want to see a half-empty congress in all the pictures.
They won't.
And only bring one bottle because you will probably be able to finish several if you bring more.
What can he really say that anyone needs to know. He doesn't know what is going on in the world and he hired incompetent people to advise him, or competent white supremacists, not sure which. We will probably get fox news talking points and at least one attack on Hillary.
I especially can't deal with a situation where he inexplicably brags about how great everything is going*.
So yeah staying away from this but happy to hear what anybody brave enough to suffer through it says.
*I spent five minutes yelling at the tv over a guy who claimed that "of course the tax cut will increase wages thats basic economic theory" No it isn't you asshole. Why would you say that?
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Anyone who donates $35 or more to Trump's campaign during the State of the Union gets to have their name flashed on the screen.
The President of the United States is now a Twitch-streamer, ladies and gentlefolk.
twitch.tv/Taramoor
@TaramoorPlays
Taramoor on Youtube
that's just sad and horrifying
Less whales, more trolls.
Enter 4Chan, to the tune of Enter Sandman.
So I can expect to lose The Game during this thing?
Trump though...I'm torn between wanting to hear if he does anything insane, and having to try and untangle his word knots.
:rotate:
More like State of the Onion.
twitch.tv/Taramoor
@TaramoorPlays
Taramoor on Youtube
Oooo how presidential he was, he didn't tell boyscouts about the orgies he used to go to on rich guys yachts
YES THIS IS A THING THAT HAPPENED
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Twitch (I stream most days of the week)
Twitter (mean leftist discourse)
Wealthy people, yeah. A lot of 'normal' richies (MAMs or Mostly Asset Millionaires) are not going so crash hot too, but if you're a proper multimillionaire or better, shit's pretty good yeah.
Do they not just have like a word template typed up for them to change the # and who's delivering it? Bunch of fucking amateurs.
It's not even going to be an spectacle or anything. Just Trump reading from a teleprompter, avoiding calling anyone the N or C word, and throwing out meaningless phrases about Unity, America, etc.
I'll end up very very pissed off.
Not because it’ll throw me into a blind rage (which it probably will).
But because have you guys tried to watch this motherfucker speak? He’s maybe the worst public speaker I’ve ever heard. His prepared speeches sound like a 1st grader giving a book report, and his off the cuff remarks sound like anyone’s racist uncle repeating what they heard on infowars.
Yeah, I am pretty sure I have given better speeches during sixth grade book reports on Animal Farm than this fat fuck has ever had during his entire political career.
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This is great. Well-timed.
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But I don't know if that curiosity is strong enough for me to watch it happen in real time.