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>Trump readies first prime-time Oval Office address, with focus on shutdown and border wall
>For the first time in prime time since President Trump took office, all eyes are on the Oval Office.
>Trump is preparing to deliver his first-ever evening address from the storied room in the White House's West Wing at 9 p.m. ET, amid a protracted partial government shutdown over funding for his proposed southern border wall, Meanwhile, Democratic leaders have been prepping an immediate response, while top Republican senators made clear they don't know exactly what to expect.
>The White House requested eight minutes to make Trump's case on television. It invited representatives from cable news outlets to a White House lunch with Trump ahead of the address, a gesture that is typically reserved for the lead-up to State of the Union speeches.
>"In light of the urgent humanitarian and security crisis on our border, the president is requesting $5.7 billion for physical barriers and border security," McConnell said. "For some context, that is just about one tenth of one percent of federal spending. One tenth of one percent -- for physical barriers like the fences and barriers which already exist, which Democrats have previously voted for with enthusiasm."
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>>197160
I really hope it will be a fun address to the nation, and that we will get lots of salt out of it.
I really hope it will be a fun address to the nation, and that we will get lots of salt out of it.
IT IS STARTING
>>197170
True, but they can't say he wasn't presidental. He actually held the address no one in the leftist media expected. They will have to work hard to spin this to something negative.
True, but they can't say he wasn't presidental. He actually held the address no one in the leftist media expected. They will have to work hard to spin this to something negative.
Shumer and Pelosi tried to counter his address (you have to rewind a little).
https://youtu.be/7ZEWtekSP8M
https://youtu.be/7ZEWtekSP8M
>>197171
>They will have to work hard to spin this to something negative.
Not really. For the folks already under their sway, they could probably just play the stream verbatim and get the same results as a spin piece. Their programming does all the work for them.
>They will have to work hard to spin this to something negative.
Not really. For the folks already under their sway, they could probably just play the stream verbatim and get the same results as a spin piece. Their programming does all the work for them.
>>197173
True they will spin it and make it negative, they will always do that no matter. But he didn't say anything that actually can be criticized (if you used logic). So the more they spin it I think they will just push rational people away from them and affirming they are false news.
True they will spin it and make it negative, they will always do that no matter. But he didn't say anything that actually can be criticized (if you used logic). So the more they spin it I think they will just push rational people away from them and affirming they are false news.
>>197176
>But he didn't say anything that actually can be criticized (if you used logic).
>(if you used logic)
Only the people playing the political game use logic; they have to in order to make any kind of progress. For outside observers, it's simple appeals to emotion, and is part of the logic of the players.
If you're tuned into the leftist media, your emotions compel you to hate him no matter what. The leftist media gives their base what they want, and reinforce it constantly.
>So the more they spin it I think they will just push rational people away from them and affirming they are false news.
That ship sailed way back in 2015. Just about everyone who was going to be convinced that mainstream media was fake has already been convinced of it by now.
>But he didn't say anything that actually can be criticized (if you used logic).
>(if you used logic)
Only the people playing the political game use logic; they have to in order to make any kind of progress. For outside observers, it's simple appeals to emotion, and is part of the logic of the players.
If you're tuned into the leftist media, your emotions compel you to hate him no matter what. The leftist media gives their base what they want, and reinforce it constantly.
>So the more they spin it I think they will just push rational people away from them and affirming they are false news.
That ship sailed way back in 2015. Just about everyone who was going to be convinced that mainstream media was fake has already been convinced of it by now.
>>197153
A nothing burger again.
A lot of already know facts, and no action.
He stated intentions like in the electoral campaign and produced no results.
Tiresome and a disappointment.
We need to support a different guy. Ron Paul?
A nothing burger again.
A lot of already know facts, and no action.
He stated intentions like in the electoral campaign and produced no results.
Tiresome and a disappointment.
We need to support a different guy. Ron Paul?
>Opinions | Trump won the night. Schumer and Pelosi lost. (Washington Post)
>President Trump did something Tuesday night that he has rarely done since taking office: He used the presidential bully pulpit to reach beyond his hardcore base of supporters to make his case to the American people as a whole.
>Speaking from the Oval Office for the first time during his presidency, Trump embraced our country’s tradition as a nation of immigrants, declaring “America proudly welcomes millions of lawful immigrants who enrich our society and contribute to our nation.” He then offered a cogent explanation why he believes we face what he called “a humanitarian crisis — a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul” along our southern border.
>He pointed out the human cost of our broken system to illegal migrants themselves, expressing compassion for the “children [who] are used as human pawns by vicious coyotes and ruthless gangs” and the “women [who] are sexually assaulted on the dangerous trek up through Mexico.”
>“I’ve held the hands of the weeping mothers and embraced the grief-stricken fathers,” Trump declared. “I will never forget the pain in their eyes, the tremble in their voices, or the sadness gripping their souls.”
>And he laid out his solution, which he explained was “developed by law enforcement professionals and border agents” and includes funds for cutting-edge technology, more border agents, more immigration judges, more bed space and medical support — and $5.7 billion for a “physical barrier” that he called “just common sense.” Without naming her, Trump responded to the absurd charge from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that a wall is “immoral.” Democrats voted repeatedly for physical barriers until he was elected president, he noted. If a wall is immoral, Trump asked, “why do wealthy politicians build walls, fences and gates around their homes? They don’t build walls because they hate the people on the outside, but because they love the people on the inside.”
>The president did not unilaterally declare a national emergency. Instead, he called for compromise and said, “To those who refuse to compromise in the name of border security, I would ask: imagine if it was your child, your husband, or your wife, whose life was so cruelly shattered and totally broken?”
>He was, in short, presidential.
>Democrats insisted on equal time, which is highly unusual for presidential addresses other than the State of the Union. It was a mistake. In contrast to Trump, Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.) came across as small and intransigent.
>While Trump spoke calmly and rationally from behind the Resolute Desk, the Democratic leaders accused him of “pounding the table” and having a “temper tantrum.” While Trump told human stories, they complained about process. They accused him of arguing that the women and children at the border were “a security threat” when he had just explained to the American people that they were victims, too. They charged him with using the “backdrop of the Oval Office to manufacture a crisis, stoke fear and divert attention from the turmoil in his administration.” They were partisan and petty, while Trump came across as reasonable and even compassionate.
>To normal Americans watching in the heartland, and who are not steeped in Trump hatred, the president must have seemed like the adult in the room.
>And, most important, Pelosi and Schumer failed to use the one word that millions of Americans were longing to hear — compromise. But Trump did. That is why the president won the night. Schumer and Pelosi appealed to their base, while Trump made an effective appeal to persuadable Americans.
>Until now, Trump has owned the 18-day government shutdown that prompted this address, because he’s the one who started it. But if Democrats continue to attack him, and won’t entertain any compromise, soon the shutdown will be all theirs — because they’re the ones who have refused to end it.
http://archive.is/Sb0If
>President Trump did something Tuesday night that he has rarely done since taking office: He used the presidential bully pulpit to reach beyond his hardcore base of supporters to make his case to the American people as a whole.
>Speaking from the Oval Office for the first time during his presidency, Trump embraced our country’s tradition as a nation of immigrants, declaring “America proudly welcomes millions of lawful immigrants who enrich our society and contribute to our nation.” He then offered a cogent explanation why he believes we face what he called “a humanitarian crisis — a crisis of the heart and a crisis of the soul” along our southern border.
>He pointed out the human cost of our broken system to illegal migrants themselves, expressing compassion for the “children [who] are used as human pawns by vicious coyotes and ruthless gangs” and the “women [who] are sexually assaulted on the dangerous trek up through Mexico.”
>“I’ve held the hands of the weeping mothers and embraced the grief-stricken fathers,” Trump declared. “I will never forget the pain in their eyes, the tremble in their voices, or the sadness gripping their souls.”
>And he laid out his solution, which he explained was “developed by law enforcement professionals and border agents” and includes funds for cutting-edge technology, more border agents, more immigration judges, more bed space and medical support — and $5.7 billion for a “physical barrier” that he called “just common sense.” Without naming her, Trump responded to the absurd charge from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that a wall is “immoral.” Democrats voted repeatedly for physical barriers until he was elected president, he noted. If a wall is immoral, Trump asked, “why do wealthy politicians build walls, fences and gates around their homes? They don’t build walls because they hate the people on the outside, but because they love the people on the inside.”
>The president did not unilaterally declare a national emergency. Instead, he called for compromise and said, “To those who refuse to compromise in the name of border security, I would ask: imagine if it was your child, your husband, or your wife, whose life was so cruelly shattered and totally broken?”
>He was, in short, presidential.
>Democrats insisted on equal time, which is highly unusual for presidential addresses other than the State of the Union. It was a mistake. In contrast to Trump, Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.) came across as small and intransigent.
>While Trump spoke calmly and rationally from behind the Resolute Desk, the Democratic leaders accused him of “pounding the table” and having a “temper tantrum.” While Trump told human stories, they complained about process. They accused him of arguing that the women and children at the border were “a security threat” when he had just explained to the American people that they were victims, too. They charged him with using the “backdrop of the Oval Office to manufacture a crisis, stoke fear and divert attention from the turmoil in his administration.” They were partisan and petty, while Trump came across as reasonable and even compassionate.
>To normal Americans watching in the heartland, and who are not steeped in Trump hatred, the president must have seemed like the adult in the room.
>And, most important, Pelosi and Schumer failed to use the one word that millions of Americans were longing to hear — compromise. But Trump did. That is why the president won the night. Schumer and Pelosi appealed to their base, while Trump made an effective appeal to persuadable Americans.
>Until now, Trump has owned the 18-day government shutdown that prompted this address, because he’s the one who started it. But if Democrats continue to attack him, and won’t entertain any compromise, soon the shutdown will be all theirs — because they’re the ones who have refused to end it.
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>>197324
I love how even when Trump is frankly not at his best, he still manages to fall ass-backwards and land on his feet just because his enemies are so utterly terrible.
I love how even when Trump is frankly not at his best, he still manages to fall ass-backwards and land on his feet just because his enemies are so utterly terrible.
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