Trumps obsession!
"A primetime presidential address is one of the rarest and most powerful tools any president possesses. It is reserved for war, national tragedy, catastrophic disasters, or moments that demand the country’s immediate and undivided attention.
By interrupting regular broadcasting, the President’s goal is ostensibly to unify the country’s attention, offer reassurance, project stability, and lay out vital, decisive action.
Ronald Reagan comforted a grieving nation after the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster. I remember that speech vividly. George W. Bush addressed the nation in primetime after the 9/11 attacks. I remember the sorrow and solidarity I felt after that broadcast.
So here’s the question worth asking: Why, with everything actually happening in this country right now, is Trump going on primetime to talk about 2020?
Well, the answer is simple. He’s a selfish, petulant, indignant, malcontent crybaby. He doesn’t give a damn about the war, your bills, your flooded house, your dry heaves, or your irritated stomach.
But if you didn’t know that by now, well, I don’t have much use for you.
I had to watch the speech tonight because I had to write this column, and now I’m having dry heaves and an irritated stomach and violent diarrhea, and that’s probably the most useful thing Donald Trump accomplished all night.
While wars rage overseas, towns flood, grocery bills climb, wildfires spread, and Americans worry about tomorrow, the President of the United States used one of the most powerful platforms in government to refight an election he lost nearly six years ago.
Millions of Americans tuned in because they assumed the President of the United States had something important to tell them. Instead, they got a 60-minute reminder that the only crisis Donald Trump still cares about is the one that ended in November 2020."
