William Lindsey 
"It was at once a travesty, a farce, and a dystopian exercise in mendacity, disinformation, and fascism."
~ Mary L. Trump
#Trump #Republicans #StateoftheUnion #UpIsDown #DownIsUp
/12
"Zooming out from the theatrics and the lies, Trump’s address was notably devoid of any substantive ideas, policies or even time spent discussing the biggest issues confronting his administration."
~ Jay Kuo
#Trump #Republicans #StateoftheUnion #UpIsDown #DownIsUp
/11
"The most memorable moment of Trump's speech … was Trump rubbing Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ face in their mutual corruption."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #Republicans #StateoftheUnion #UpIsDown #DownIsUp #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #corruption
/10
"The litany of lies is endless — it's impossible to keep track of."
~ Zev Shalev as quoted by Carl Gibson
'The litany of lies is endless': Internet rips Trump apart over 'utterly bonkers' speech
On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump gave his first joint address to Congress. He was almost immediately picked apart by journalists, fact-checkers, elected officials and others for his rapid pace of outright lies and false claims.In just the first few minutes of the speech, Trump proclaimed tha...
"Quite literally every single line of this State of the Union is a lie and/or has a factual error."
~ Mythili Sampathkumar
#Trump #Republicans #StateoftheUnion #UpIsDown #DownIsUp
/8
https://bsky.app/profile/mythilisk.bsky.social/post/3ljlx75hcfs2s
"Perhaps that’s the ultimate comment on the man and his time as president. There was little of substance here."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #Republicans #StateoftheUnion #UpIsDown #DownIsUp
/7
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/lets-be-honest-about-the-state-of
"Last night can be boiled down to two things: POWER AND IMAGES
POWER. The words don’t matter, it’s all about projecting the power to ruin America, American lives, and other countries and their citizens’ lives also."
~ Stephanie G. Wilson
"He described himself as more successful even than George Washington, the first president. As ever, self-deprecation and modesty were nowhere to be found."
~ Lloyd Green
#Trump #Republicans #StateoftheUnion #UpIsDown #DownIsUp
/5
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/05/donald-trump-speech-to-congress-reaction
"Today is the first day of Trump’s second Presidency that his average approval rating is net negative
~ Armand Domalewski, quoted by Greg Dworkin
"Donald Trump’s marathon address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday was littered with false claims, many of them falsehoods he has previously stated, been corrected on, and continued to repeat regardless."
~ Robert Mackey
#Trump #Republicans #StateoftheUnion #UpIsDown #DownIsUp
/3
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/trump-congress-address-fact-check