“Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess, and I’m fixing it,” Trump said, starting as he meant to go on by telling a lie: he claimed that inflation was the worst in 48 years when he took office, when in fact it had come back down to 3%.

He went on to place blame at the feet of Biden, previous trade deals, immigrants and what he described as a corrupt system.

Fascists can't actually solve problems, even though they will tell you they're the only ones who can. They don't have problem solving skills, that's why they're fascists. They blame, deflect and scapegoat, and do it very aggressively and forcefully. Unfortunately, many people mistake that for strength. But fascists are not strong, they're weak, and they try to compensate for their weakness by acting very strong, in very superficial ways. That's why they are so focused on hyper masculine performance.

REAL strength is not an over inflated ego, it's not threats and cruelty, it's not being ignorant and proud of it, it's not unnecessary aggression and violence. Real strength is accountability. Weak people think it shows strength to never admit when you're wrong, but that's completely false. Real strength is owning up to your mistakes, but not so you can crumble into self loathing, it's so you can learn from them and become better. Real strength is learning, it's knowledge and understanding.

You can't fix a problem that you don't understand, and you can't understand a problem if you are unwilling to look at it honestly and critically, without bias. But that takes humility and weak people think humility is weakness, and they think arrogance is strength. The opposite is true. Humility is STRENGTH. That's why fascists can never lead, because leadership takes real strength and they don't have it.

Pettysburg address

Come on massive stroke…

Trump also announced that he would send a “warrior dividend” of $1,776 to 1.45 million US service members in the coming week. He said it had been made possible by revenue from tariffs, failing to mention those same tariffs have driven prices up.

First, it won't happen because he talks out his ass by default. A more important second though, how insulting is it that he thinks a token payment is going to buy him the loyalty of the military? I'm strikingly reminded of Caligula in the movie promising '10 gold pieces to every man'.

That was some strange deranged rant. WTF even was that?

apparently this was a sugar high: just before the remarks started, according to a White House pool report, an usher brought in three Diet Cokes and ice.

But… that’s the sugar free one… he must have been on something else.

100% of all jobs created since I took office have been in the private sector.

Even Trump has forgotten all about DOGE.

Blows my mind that even a third of people still support this putz - I knew the human race had plenty of assholes, but that's absurd. Wonder just how many die-hards will be left at the peak of the massive recession Trump has set up to happen next year.

MTG is smarter than we've given her credit for.

She was the first rat off the ship, and she'll be playing off her 'independent' stance up until 2028.

"MAGA listened to Trump, and we paid the price for supporting the wrong man! He wasn't true to the cause but I am!"

Trump desperately hoping the mindset in the military is like "I would never follow illegal orders for only $1,775 dollars! Show me the money!". Trump mistakenly believing he can buy and sell honour because he does not have any and cannot recognize it. He doesn't understand how standing up for a principle doesn't make you an automatic sucker or loser.

More like “Why don’t you like me?” rant. What an absolute baby

So, 33% of Americans are terminally stupid.

I didn't watch it but I was hoping for a Budd Dwyer moment.

Oh if only he'd feel the chill of the grave.

He’s not feeling shit. He’s just successfully distracting idiots with short attention spans.

I mean it's his 2nd term, he's almost dead, and it's not like the treasonous Republican party is going to oust him.

So all we're going to get out of this is maybe some raised blood pressure because he's a narcissist and narcissists don't like knowing how many people don't like them. Doesn't really help us though.

Excellent analysis by Jim Stewartson here:

Trump’s Colonized Mind: The Cognitive Dysfunction Destabilizing the Planet

The neurological, psychological, and political breakdown of the American president—and the people taking full advantage of it.

"Trump is experiencing a rapid decline in cognitive function. – He is alone and angry on a deserted mental island. – It’s impossible to watch him at this point and ignore his dysfunction. – It’s as if his shrinking mind has been colonized by his advisors and donors. – Donald Trump is less the leader of a nation and more of a glitchy, reprogrammable weapon of mass destruction—being wielded by a constellation of America’s enemies, foreign and domestic."

https://www.mind-war.com/p/trumps-colonized-mind-the-cognitive

A speech like that killed Carter's presidency. What are the odds that will happen to Trump?

33% approval rating is more than the amount of votes he received. It looks like a win to me.