13 Key Takeaways From President Trump’s Epic State Of The Union Address

1. The Blue-Collar Boom While elites in Washington, D.C., continue to resist President Trump, he spoke around them to average Americans, who are experiencing what he called a “blue-collar boom.” Reminding Americans of past presidents’ “jobless recoveries, tired platitudes, and constant excuses for the depletion of American wealth, power, and prestige,” he instead focused on the results of his regulatory reform, tax cuts, and renegotiated trade agreements.
2. A Hopeful National Identity Apart from the dramatic vignettes of Americans in the galley, the strongest part of the speech was the ending, where President Trump spoke with pride about America’s frontier spirit and work ethic.
3. “Ellie reminds us that every child is a miracle of life,” President Trump said, and challenged members of all political parties to agree that “every human life is a sacred gift from God.” This issue is particularly salient as Democrats more openly support late-term abortion, support allowing children who survive abortion attempts to die, and support exiling pro-life voters from their ranks.
4. President Donald Trump’s rousing State of the Union address to a divided Congress emboldened his supporters with bold support of conservative ideas, overtly reached out to independents on the basis of successful implementation of domestic policy goals, and in so doing enraged the Democrat left on what was already a difficult day for them.
5. The president is not hiding his attempt to gain more support from black Americans, and the speech follows up on a powerful Superbowl ad highlighting his work on criminal justice reform.
6. The speech was well written and played to President Trump’s strengths as a showman, showing policy goals and successes through the gripping stories of real Americans who were present in the balcony.
7. He also gave a scholarship in real time, bestowed a Medal of Freedom in real time, and dramatically reunited a family with their soldier husband and father, making for the most emotional State of the Union address since President Reagan first began highlighting American heroes in the gallery during his annual address.
8. Boldness Unmatched by Any Other Republican President Smack dab in the middle of the speech, President Trump thanked conservative hero Rush Limbaugh for “decades of tireless devotion” to the country.
9. Overt Outreach to Black Americans President Trump highlighted how the booming economy is helping black Americans.

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