Trump's speech isn't going over well...

[brooklynite]

Not a huge amount of audience response here. Trump just paused for applause and it was very slow in coming and very muted. This is not what his crowds are used to.

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/jul/05/donald-trump-delivers-july-4th-speech-live?CMP=edit_2221&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&__twitter_impression=true

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Compare that to what he Tweets in the morning.

There will be yuge differences of opinion of how it went.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

2. the rain on the glass partition is a nice touch

[misanthrope]

6. Yep, it only accentuates the barrier

further underscoring the distance between Dear Leader and the hoi polloi.

[Siwsan]

3. Is there a huge amount of audience to respond?

Or did they herd everyone into a close to the stage enclosure to make it look like a packed house.

[FakeNoose]

23. Everybody got paid early, so they all went home

[Siwsan]

25. I'm sure this is the kind of situation where the GOP supports busing

There are lots of locations close enough for a one day bus trip. I took a bus to an anti-war protest, in DC. We left Michigan, rode all night, protested all day, and then got back on the bus and rode all night, again.

[hlthe2b]

4. thanks for watching and updating us.. I just .... can't...

[a kennedy]

9. Me either, I tried, but I actually got ill....

[hlthe2b]

12. I tried for about 90 seconds. He is slurring again and apparently behind a bulletproof glass?

nah... I'm done

[Doodley]

5. An idiot giving a history lesson.

[Ilsa]

31. It's rather nonsensical, at that.

Is Malignia there tonight?

[fierywoman]

52. Yes. White dress. Hot pink stilettos.

[LuckyCharms]

7. I have not seen one shot of the crowd he is facing.

Pretty unusual.

[Wellstone ruled]

42. All be design.

His PR people know from the inaugural how embarrassing that was.

[moose65]

46. Here's the crowd

[bdamomma]

54. Weird

I just finished watching this episode, it was eerie to see the Lincoln Monument decimated. I had tears in my eyes.

[Marthe48]

47. The web cam on the Washington Monument is shut off.

I don't know if there will be pictures of his limp crowd

[kentuck]

8. Does he even comprehend what he is reading?

Because we know he doesn't write his speeches. They aren't his thoughts.

[demmiblue]

10. Was there a flyover when he came on stage?

I thought that was the plan, with more flyovers after the speech.

[k8conant]

15. An Air Force One...nt

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

16. I think AF1 made it but the camera missed it

[demmiblue]

17. Lol, good (the missed it part)!

[Sugar Smack]

24. HA!!

[Marthe48]

49. I heard that the Blue Angels cancelled b/c rain

But didn't verify that.

[nolabear]

11. It's about as meh as it gets.

I was enjoying the schadenfreude thinking no one would be there but the fact it’s so pedestrian and unimaginative is enjoyable. You can barely see him through the thick plexiglass wall between him and those adoring fans.

[Satch59]

13. Another Wikipedia speech...

"The history of America"... Which is nothing close to the way he runs this country...dripping with crap...

Ugh!!

[nolabear]

14. OMG it's a roll call of...people.

Who have nothing in common except they did good things.

[demmiblue]

18. Boring. zzzzzz n/t

[nolabear]

19. LOL-that Coast Guard flyover!

Two helicopters and some plane or other putter over and he just looks miserable. 😂

[Satch59]

20. Was this Barron's term paper?

There is no connection from one part to another... Is he going through all the branches of the military?? This will take forever...

I thought the first song for the coast guard was the Mighty Mouse song...

[ooky]

22. This is just plain fucking stupid.

[Totally Tunsie]

26. Did you say "Mighty Mouth"???

[Satch59]

29. HA!

This whole speech is all about death...SO uplifting...please stop!!

[Ilsa]

34. It just zigzags all over the place.

Has he even mentioned the ideals of democracy yet? Or just military and invented "things"?

[smb]

36. Reminds Me Of...

Spock: Captain, the speech follows no logical pattern.
Kirk: Random sentences strung together.
McCoy: He looks drugged, Jim. Almost at a cataleptic state.
--Star Trek, "Patterns of Force"

[jalan48]

21. The rain is melting his coiffure.

[nolabear]

28. I know, right?? The suspense is killing me!

That makeup job is looking pretty rough too.

[jalan48]

30. He's going to need a week long makeover at one of his golf estates.

[alterfurz]

45. Combover Caligula has every good reason to fear the rain!

[walkingman]

27. Our President is a total disgrace to not only this country but to the rest of the free world.

[bdamomma]

35. "our President?"

he is squatter in the WH. He is a vile thug/criminal.

[walkingman]

48. Your right - sorry, I stand corrected. He is illegitimate. Hope ya have a great 4th!

[H2O Man]

32. I agree.

Recommended.

This is odd. Very odd. A sad attempt to associate himself with US history.

[maryellen99]

33. Did JFK Jr show up? Nt

[nolabear]

37. Melania is soaking wet.

Oh dear...

[jalan48]

39. She must have spent weeks practicing her First Lady pose. Was Trump closing his eyes? It

looked to me like he was on the nod.

[dawg day]

43. "That will cost you another $200K, Donald!"

She's making her fortune charging him for her show-ups, I betcha.

[struggle4progress]

38. "I throw paper towels at Hurricane victims but pretend to honor a little old lady who feeds them"

[struggle4progress]

40. "I want to take away your health insurance but pretend to honor a doctor"

[struggle4progress]

41. "My party gerrymanders to limit African American power & I pretend to honor a civil rights pioneer!"

[Bayard]

44. Couldn't stand to watch any of it

No campaigning?

[KentuckyWoman]

50. Redacted has no clue what July 4 really means

Of all of the hokie, flag waving, in your face display.... the day is about our strength as a community. The ideals we are still striving for. WE....US

I doubt redacted is even capable of grasping "community".

[Gothmog]

51. trump's hair is also having issues

Link to tweet

[sop]

53. Now I understand why Trump always cranks up the crazy to 10 at his rallies.

Who would listen to this boring nonsense without all the racism, nativism, hatred and calls to violence? His followers want no part of the bipartisan Trump, they only look to him for expressions of the absolute worst aspects of human nature.