5 Things That Jumped Out At Us From Trump’s State Of The Union

President Calls For Unity, Then Offers A Very Divisive Speech, With One Small Idyllic Interlude

Eric J Scholl
7 min readFeb 6, 2019

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“Trump calls for unity — on his terms.” That’s how Politico succinctly describes the speech. For those of you looking for more comprehensive coverage, here’s a wrap- up from the Washington Post, also an annotated transcript from the New York Times, and video of the full 82-minute extravaganza from C-SPAN.

Here’s our selective view:

1. The President Devotes About 1/5th Of His Entire Address, Nearly 20%, To A Single Topic: The “Tremendous Onslaught” Of Illegal Aliens

To hear it from Trump, the biggest threat facing the country, or at least the one that deserves by far the most focus and time compared to anything else in the State of the Union, is incursions and crimes committed by illegal aliens, and an out-and-out invasion if we’re not careful. All leading up to this:

“The proper wall never got built. I will get it built….Walls work and walls save lives.”

Here’s the full video of that part of the speech. Just be sure you’ve got a good chunk of time set aside before you…

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Eric J Scholl
Dialogue & Discourse

Peabody award winning journalist. Streaming media pioneer. Played @ CBGB back in the day. Editor-In-Chief "The Chaos Report" www.thechaosreport.com