THE STATE OF THE UNION IN TWO OR THREE WORDS
Here is my latest Substack Post. I hope you will read and share it.
©Wendell Griffen, 2025
Donald Trump's 100-minute-long State of the Union address will be remembered for many things.
It was the first such address delivered by a twice impeached President.
It was the first SOTU address delivered by a convicted felon.
It was the first SOTU address delivered by someone who was found civilly liable for sexually assaulting another person.
It was the first SOTU address delivered by anyone who won election as President of the United States after having been previously fired from that position by U.S. voters.
Donald Trump's 2025 SOTU address was a stream of lies, insults, expressions of personal resentments, and malicious statements. If you watched it you were not made smarter, more hopeful, or more inclined to anything except what Trump wants.
Dismantle the federal government.
Fire as many federal workers as possible.
Deliver control of federal and funds to Elon Musk.
Cut taxes for wealthy people.
Shut down the Medicare, Veterans Administration, Social Security, and other social services systems needed by millions of families.
Break security alliances with NATO allies.
Turn the United States into his kingdom.
Make people like you and me his subjects.
Operate the federal government like a private commercial enterprise that enriches his wealthy sycophants. Everyone else is expendable.
Convert the United States from Vladimir Putin's most formidable obstacle into Putin’s biggest ally.
In short, the State of the Union is not defined by the opening words to the Preamble of the Constitution – “We, the People…”
It is reduced to the vicious idiotic sociopathy of one person. Donald Trump.
Congress has not empowered Elon Musk. Donald Trump did so.
The Senate has not confirmed Musk. Trump has made him a de-facto Prime Minister.
Congress has not created a “Department of Government Efficiency.” Trump embraced Musk’s brainchild.
Expect no help from Congress. Trump controls Speaker Mike Johnson (R. LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R. SD). Musk controls Johnson and Thune because he will use his extraordinary wealth to reward politicians who obey Trump and oppose politicians and candidates who disagree with Trump.
Expect no help from the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts and five other right-wing justices (three appointed by Trump during his previous tenure) engaged in the ultimate display of judicial activism last July when they manufactured a doctrine of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for Trump and any other U.S. president in Donald Trump v. United States.
Now, “We, the People” are Trump’s hostages.
The current State of the Union boils down to two words.
Donald Trump, the President of the United States who is also Predator in Chief.
Our future depends on whether “We, the People” summon the political, moral, and ethical courage to defy and, ultimately, depose Trump. Doing that will not be easy.
That task, however, difficult, is the only thing that will save democracy. Whether it happens depends on three words.
We, the People, will decide the future of democracy, justice, and peace in the United States - and the rest of the world.
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