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SOTU speech thread (Original Post) Shellback Squid Feb 24 OP
Gd is good uppityperson Feb 24 #1
Look at his dweller Feb 24 #2
Do tell, I cannot bring my self to watch... Murphyb849 Feb 24 #5
For those of us not watching... Could Cha Feb 24 #28
It was sticking up dweller Feb 24 #32
lol Cha Feb 24 #34
Well now, that's almost worth watching PatSeg Feb 24 #50
Thank goodness for a thread... bamagal62 Feb 24 #3
Am I seeing Dems shaking Kristy Noem's hand? Prairie Gates Feb 24 #4
ABC dweller Feb 24 #6
and those two losers behind him are just as pathetic as he is.... a kennedy Feb 24 #7
I was channel surfing and I swear he introduced Vance as Pres. Vance Grim Chieftain Feb 24 #8
I'd love to see an analysis of what's in his bloodstream right now. jls4561 Feb 24 #9
The Pettysburg Address spooky3 Feb 24 #10
A firehose of lies dpibel Feb 24 #11
Well, they may be lies, but at least they're boring and repetitive . . . hatrack Feb 24 #19
He is stepping back for applause. underpants Feb 24 #12
Like Cato give his little Senate laws / and stand attentive to his own applause Prairie Gates Feb 24 #14
We're the hottest country... DET Feb 24 #13
it works in the sotu bingo game Shellback Squid Feb 24 #16
Yeah, you might think we're a teenage girl or something Walleye Feb 24 #59
I decided to give him a few minutes. The applause seems a bit tepid. likesmountains 52 Feb 24 #15
Please, Mr. President, we're winning too much! DET Feb 24 #17
Hockey team should be ashamed likesmountains 52 Feb 24 #18
Is the goalie chewing gum? zeusdogmom Feb 24 #20
Yep. Chewing his cud like a stupid cow. Maru Kitteh Feb 24 #52
OMG DET Feb 24 #21
Is he passing out pardons too?? Mr.Bee Feb 24 #22
In his mind, he was in the game. He even made an AI fake about it. Walleye Feb 24 #60
Applause is taking much time Shellback Squid Feb 24 #23
Every time he completes a sentence. BBbats Feb 24 #41
"wow, that's something" describing the flood in Texas Shellback Squid Feb 24 #24
There's No Such Thing As A Car Mr.Bee Feb 24 #25
What a coincidence - Camp Mystic families are suing Texas officials... IcyPeas Feb 24 #26
The next time the fools start chanting "USA, USA" dflprincess Feb 24 #27
OR- Mr.Bee Feb 24 #29
Trumpstein files! SheltieLover Feb 24 #39
Love it! dflprincess Feb 24 #40
Biz partners SheltieLover Feb 24 #47
I don't think Maga knows what U stands for Walleye Feb 24 #66
I've been watching the defiance.org site and they are showing him speak his vomitus bull shit ! kimbutgar Feb 24 #30
Yeah, it was superb up to that point. Wednesdays Feb 24 #37
My spouse (who had the idiot on) finally went to bed. Ms. Toad Feb 24 #42
You Can't Force Mr.Bee Feb 24 #31
He still doesn't understand tariffs Mossfern Feb 24 #55
I'm Watching! Can't resist! BBbats Feb 24 #33
He Means Mr.Bee Feb 24 #35
What he just said about Tariffs makes no sense. everyonematters Feb 24 #36
As a tax preparer D_Master81 Feb 24 #38
Fellow tax preparer here ALBliberal Feb 24 #56
Yes but D_Master81 Feb 24 #69
Good point ALBliberal Feb 24 #75
Is it a true benefit or smoke? Shellback Squid Feb 24 #77
Is moscow mitch there? SheltieLover Feb 24 #43
medicated and controlled. WarGamer Feb 24 #44
NONSENSE Mr.Bee Feb 24 #45
It seems to me as if the Democrats; relentlessly sitting on their hands is beginning to get to him. Uncle Joe Feb 24 #46
He just said his prescription plan means we will be paying the lowest drug prices on the world. BBbats Feb 24 #48
Vance has this look that he's sitting on Abolishinist Feb 24 #49
TRUMP. OPPOSITE. SPEAK. Mr.Bee Feb 24 #51
Oh jeez. What did he say? yellow dahlia Feb 24 #61
Democratic attendees clapped for ending officials Melon Feb 24 #53
START THRED #2 please. a kennedy Feb 24 #54
done, fixed it Shellback Squid Feb 24 #65
This isn't #2 where is that thread kcoates Feb 24 #79
All Disproven on PBS! Mr.Bee Feb 24 #57
It's mean, it's self indulgent, it's dishonest DenaliDemocrat Feb 24 #58
It's was also absolutely bizzare. Like circus weasels on acid bizzare. Maru Kitteh Feb 25 #85
He's talking about stopping waste, fraud, and abuse... DET Feb 24 #62
Trump's Granpa Came In Mr.Bee Feb 24 #63
Great Republican Crooks Mr.Bee Feb 24 #64
Man what a racist Mr.Bee Feb 24 #67
Now they are entertaining themselves! everyonematters Feb 24 #68
I have the picture on but not the sound, and occasionally glance over. The simpering smirks on both... 3catwoman3 Feb 24 #70
Show Your Papers To Vote! Mr.Bee Feb 24 #71
Rebuking Democrats... DET Feb 24 #72
I haven't heard one thing about the economy Mr.Bee Feb 24 #73
this guy really really hates immigrants Mr.Bee Feb 24 #74
It's Not the SOTU Mr.Bee Feb 24 #76
AND WE HAVE 8 WARS! Maru Kitteh Feb 24 #78
He's making the case for attacking Iran... DET Feb 24 #80
He's beginning to drift Uncle Joe Feb 24 #81
He Just Cannot Stay On Track Mr.Bee Feb 24 #82
I've never seen anything that campy be so boring. nt tishaLA Feb 25 #83
Didn't watch a second but I can tell. mvd Feb 25 #84

Murphyb849

(613 posts)
5. Do tell, I cannot bring my self to watch...
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:12 PM
Feb 24

The Great Orange Firehose of Bullshit bloviating AGAIN.

Cha

(319,178 posts)
28. For those of us not watching... Could
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:42 PM
Feb 24

you please describe what's gong on with his stupid as hair?

TY

dweller

(28,429 posts)
32. It was sticking up
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:45 PM
Feb 24

on his left said of his pumpkin head … like dead wire grass , someone has a screenshot somewhere



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PatSeg

(53,214 posts)
50. Well now, that's almost worth watching
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:54 PM
Feb 24

to see the hair...almost, but not quite. I just can't listen to that voice anymore.

dweller

(28,429 posts)
6. ABC
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:16 PM
Feb 24

hasn’t synched his lips with the vid , maybe a millisecond off … must be dubbed from the original Russian




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dpibel

(3,963 posts)
11. A firehose of lies
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:20 PM
Feb 24

No surprise. But it's pretty amazing to see someone who can go so long without saying a true thing.

DET

(2,504 posts)
21. OMG
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:30 PM
Feb 24

He’s giving the Medal of Freedom to the hockey team. It’s a game, for Gods sake! And he’s acting like he was in it.

Mr.Bee

(1,827 posts)
25. There's No Such Thing As A Car
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:39 PM
Feb 24

Made In America, parts are made all over the world, that's what ISO9000 of the nineties was all about!

IcyPeas

(25,494 posts)
26. What a coincidence - Camp Mystic families are suing Texas officials...
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:40 PM
Feb 24
Families of nine campers and counselors at Camp Mystic who died after destructive flooding swept across Central Texas in 2025 are suing health officials, claiming they failed to enforce an evacuation plan required by state law.

The lawsuit, filed on Feb. 23, in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, accuses Texas Department of State Health Services, or DSHS, officials of deliberately failing to follow state law and depriving the victims of their "constitutional rights to life and bodily integrity." The families are seeking general and compensatory damages and “all other relief that is equitable."



https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/02/23/camp-mystic-families-lawsuit-texas-health-officials/88833914007/

dflprincess

(29,349 posts)
27. The next time the fools start chanting "USA, USA"
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:41 PM
Feb 24

it's time for the Democrats to start chanting "Epstein Files"

kimbutgar

(27,259 posts)
30. I've been watching the defiance.org site and they are showing him speak his vomitus bull shit !
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:44 PM
Feb 24

My husband just muted it. Thank God !

Wednesdays

(22,639 posts)
37. Yeah, it was superb up to that point.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:48 PM
Feb 24

But they wanted to play "SOTU Bingo." So they had TSF on.
I switched to MeidasTouch.

Ms. Toad

(38,662 posts)
42. My spouse (who had the idiot on) finally went to bed.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:49 PM
Feb 24

I asked her to turn it down, since I didn't want to hear him - and I was having a hard time tuning him out. I was about to put on my noise-cancelling headphones when she turned him off and went to bed.

Mossfern

(4,717 posts)
55. He still doesn't understand tariffs
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:59 PM
Feb 24

Yes, it will lower income tax because we won't have much income, not because of tarrifs which are a tax on the American consumer, not foreign countries.

BBbats

(309 posts)
33. I'm Watching! Can't resist!
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:47 PM
Feb 24

Everytime he completes a sentence they applaud ,give him a standing ovation & chant "USA,USA".
His usual bullshit.

everyonematters

(4,163 posts)
36. What he just said about Tariffs makes no sense.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:48 PM
Feb 24

If the tariffs work and everything is made in the US, then no one would be paying the tariffs. That means tariffs can't replace the income tax.

D_Master81

(2,588 posts)
38. As a tax preparer
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:48 PM
Feb 24

I tuned in for like 10 seconds and as a tax preparer that’s all I needed to hear a classic Trump half truth/lie. He said they made auto loans tax deductible. Yes, the interest on a NEW car loan. If it wasn’t a new car nothing is tax deductible about it.

ALBliberal

(3,348 posts)
56. Fellow tax preparer here
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:59 PM
Feb 24

it’s hard for anyone middle income or lower to even itemize any more given standard deduction amounts and can’t afford mortgage to buy homes so no mortgage interest to add to that auto interest etc etc another gimmick ugh he sucks

D_Master81

(2,588 posts)
69. Yes but
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:10 PM
Feb 24

In fairness the auto loan interest isn’t a schedule A deduction. It’s one that is just deducted from income

Mr.Bee

(1,827 posts)
45. NONSENSE
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:51 PM
Feb 24
To trump up is down and down is up and 100% is not the highest.
300, 400, 500%!

he does not know percents

Uncle Joe

(65,167 posts)
46. It seems to me as if the Democrats; relentlessly sitting on their hands is beginning to get to him.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:52 PM
Feb 24

I don't think his vanity can take that for too long.

Thanks for the thread Shellback Squid

BBbats

(309 posts)
48. He just said his prescription plan means we will be paying the lowest drug prices on the world.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 10:52 PM
Feb 24

Can anybody swallow this?
Got a plug for Trump RX in.

Maru Kitteh

(31,790 posts)
85. It's was also absolutely bizzare. Like circus weasels on acid bizzare.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 01:43 AM
Feb 25

That was President Camacho.

DET

(2,504 posts)
62. He's talking about stopping waste, fraud, and abuse...
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:02 PM
Feb 24

When he’s the biggest grifter in the world. Slamming Somalians to great applause. Disgusting.

3catwoman3

(29,435 posts)
70. I have the picture on but not the sound, and occasionally glance over. The simpering smirks on both...
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:10 PM
Feb 24

...TSFs and Johnson's faces are making my skin crawl.

DET

(2,504 posts)
72. Rebuking Democrats...
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:13 PM
Feb 24

‘You should be ashamed of yourselves!’ for not standing up when he slams immigrants. ‘The only way they can get elected is to cheat!’ ‘These people are crazy!’ I wish some Democrats would stand up and leave.

Mr.Bee

(1,827 posts)
73. I haven't heard one thing about the economy
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:16 PM
Feb 24
Just bullshit on foxnews social issues.
excuse me is this the SOTU
or some trump infomercial??

DET

(2,504 posts)
80. He's making the case for attacking Iran...
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:39 PM
Feb 24

We can’t let them have nuclear weapons. Of course, he killed the agreement where they wouldn’t and didn’t.

Uncle Joe

(65,167 posts)
81. He's beginning to drift
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:41 PM
Feb 24

and the GOP in Congress rescue him with frequent applause to give him small breaks, but that don't work for the duration.

Mr.Bee

(1,827 posts)
82. He Just Cannot Stay On Track
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 11:43 PM
Feb 24

Wandering off into the epsilons of his own fantasy speech. Good Grief!
And you've won a prize!
I have never witnessed a SOTU like this!
'Smithers' cannot stop smiling!
Republican Derangement Syndrome
Nothing new. Same ol' same ol'

mvd

(65,917 posts)
84. Didn't watch a second but I can tell.
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 12:08 AM
Feb 25

by the comments that it was about the most insane speech ever. Thank you so much to those who got through it to inform.

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