Trump’s speech strategy: The good, the bad, and the good again

March 05, 2025

Trump’s speech strategy: The good, the bad, and the good again

President Donald Trump gave the first State of the Union-style address of his second presidential term on Tuesday night, and the objective was clear: Remind the people why they voted for him on Nov. 5. Overall, he succeeded. Setting aside my usual grievances with these acts of political theater — including the breathless partisanship, endless […]

Trump brings back sanity, rebukes the LGBT lobby

President Donald Trump has only been in office for a month, yet he’s already decisively fulfilled many of his campaign promises. Two of his top priorities, signing executive orders that tear down the citadels of radical gender ideology and critical race theory implanted within the federal government, have been met with screaming opposition from the […]

Democrats lose the plot as Trump calls their bluff

It’s fully possible that President Donald Trump’s high-stakes gambles, from his Ukraine peace deal to his trade with Mexico and Canada, will ultimately imperil the GOP’s newfound popularity. But even if the Donald does fail to deliver, the Democrats have made it clear that they’ve utterly lost the plot. Republicans will rightly warn that those […]

Trump obliterates Democrats but overpromises on economy

That wasn’t a speech designed to “own the libs” but to obliterate them. The split screens produced by President Donald Trump’s address to the joint session of Congress were devastating. Historians of different political persuasions will disagree about Trump’s character and legacy, but they will all admit his political genius. Tuesday’s speech may have been […]

Meghan Markle begs Netflix to believe she’s happy as a tradwife without the tiara

Halfway into the second episode of the (likely final) television series produced for Netflix by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, viewers can witness the exact moment Mindy Kaling regrets agreeing to Markle’s eleventh-hour attempt to salvage her and Harry’s $100 billion deal with the streaming giant. Kaling, the celebrated comedienne who has spent the better […]

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Trump scores a victory with Mexico tariff

Honda announced Monday that it will produce its new Civic model in Indiana instead of Mexico, as originally planned, likely due to President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on the country. Manufacturing in Indiana will likely start in late 2027, and Honda expects to produce more than 200,000 vehicles per year in the state. For a […]

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