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A Boy Named Trump

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This is the indelible image of a boy named Trump, who attended the State of the Union Address as the special guest of Melania Trump.  He became an overnight sensation, but not for the reasons Melania or her darling husband imagined.  The boy simply couldn't make it through the third longest SOTU address in history, as Big Chief Trump sputtered his words out in a Marlon Brando drawl for maximum effect.  He wasn't held up by very many canned applause, until the white ladies all stood up to cheer his proclamation that more women than ever before or part of the American workforce.  He admonished them to remain standing as he appeared to take credit for so many new women in Congress, although he added it wasn't supposed to be that way.  Cheers gave way to guffaws.

Despite the numerous lies, or truthful hyperbole, as he likes to call it, no one shouted out "you lie," as Joe Barton did in one of Obama's early SOTU addresses.  Instead, we had Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez refusing to stand for his introduction.   Pelosi also made the internet chatter with her snarky clap at one point, which many interpreted to be "throwing shade." 

The best came last with Stacey Abrams delivering a response for the ages.  She not only called Trump out on his numerous lies and petty conceits but gave a rousing speech centered on American values that even had Laura Ingraham congratulating her, unlike the hopeless young conservatives the Republicans trotted out in response to Obama.  This woman has a very bright future.

Conservative pundits think Trump struck the right chord for Republicans in 2020, but his appeal to women fell woefully flat and one wonders if even more Democratic Congresswomen will fill the chamber in 2021.  Who knows, maybe even a women president?

For the most part the SOTU address was a real snoozer.  Trump failed to energize the crowd, much less his base, which is still steaming over his capitulation on the wall.  Even if he calls a national emergency in the coming weeks to seek emergency funding, it will do little to alter the fact he was unable to bully Congress into signing onto his wall.  Even Lindsey Antebellum seems to understand the gig is up.  Trump blinked and now Nancy rules the roost.

As for the boy named Trump, he's likely to catch a lot of flack from his friends for falling asleep on the president.  Good thing his mother is home schooling him now.  Most likely the whole thing was one of those social media grabbing events that Big Chief Trump relishes, organized by some conservative political action committee.  I call "fake news."


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