Vice President JD Vance said early the week of March 3 that during the March 4 Trump speech to both chambers of Congress (which the admin is not calling a State of the Union, in an attempt to break another norm of American democracy), Trump will talk about American successes in the past month.
Immigration: Does he mean great news like the fact that Trump ICE deportation numbers lag? ICE deported an average of 600 people a day in mid-February, the latest data available, compared with more than 750 people a day in the 12 months through November, when the Biden Administration was in power.
Investment Markets: Does he mean successes like 4-10% declines of the NASDAQ Composite, S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrials, and the Russell 3000 and 2000 stock market indices since February 4?
Does he mean great news like the fact that for the last few weeks, the American equities markets have been and are currently being driven by extreme fear?
Cowardly Senators and Congressmen: Does he mean the great news about American citizens’ anger because their Senators and Congressmen have stopped taking calls from their constituents, when listening to constituents is about 40% of their jobs?
Rising Unemployment: Does he mean the great success of increasing American unemployment because some unelected Trump lackey and his band of inexperienced hacker/programmer minions (most are not old enough to rent cars) have illegally and unconstitutionally fired thousands of employees and the Trump Admin has said that America should plan for more layoffs and firings (RIFs) across the federal workforce?
Are these the great successes he’s going to talk about?
We know he’s going to tell many lies and do many stunts intended to “own the libs.”
Whether it’s called a State of the Union or not, the question about Trump’s speech is: how many lies will he tell and stunts will he commit in an attempt to distract people from the realities I’ve described above?