“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” —Article II, Section 1, Constitution of the United States (1787)

“It turned out that all we really needed was a new president!”

In case you have not heard, according to every mainstream media outlet, Donald Trump did NOT give a State of the Union speech Tuesday evening. Once a year, some Leftmedia scribe does a Google search on “state of the union” and then copies and pastes Article II, Section 3, Clause 1 from our Constitution, which defines the information the president is to give Congress. Then, all the other outlets reprint that post.

But according to the American Presidency Project, the fact that it was technically not a State of the Union address makes little difference because the “impact of such a speech on public, media, and congressional perceptions of presidential leadership and power should be the same.”

Gosh, I am so glad the MSM spent the 48 hours ahead of Trump’s address clearing that up…

The last time Trump did deliver a State of the Union speech was February 4, 2020. It was a remarkable testament to his previous three years, despite being plagued with attacks by deep state conspirators endeavoring to undermine his administration in collaboration with impeachment charades.

Trump began that address by declaring, “I say to the people of our great country and to the members of Congress: The state of our Union is stronger than ever before.”

That was all about to change — dramatically.

But before we get to the catastrophe that was just over the horizon, recall that at the conclusion of Trump’s remarks, then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi ripped up his official speech. A day later, we filed a criminal complaint against Pelosi with the Honorable William Pelham Barr, United States Attorney General, and the Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, providing them with clear and indisputable evidence Pelosi willfully violated federal law.

According to our complaint: “At approximately 2220 hours on Tuesday, 04 February 2020, the nation witnessed clear and indisputable evidence that Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Speaker of the House, committed an act which brazenly and feloniously violates federal law — specifically 18 U.S.C. 2071 and the Presidential Records Act of 1978. Rep. Pelosi willfully mutilated the official signed State of the Union transcript prepared by the Executive Branch for the Legislative Branch. Her actions were witnessed by federal law-enforcement officials in the House chamber. This was also witnessed by members of her political caucus, with whom she likely colluded in premeditation of the commission of this offense. I enter this video record as evidence for this criminal complaint that Rep. Pelosi violated both 18 U.S.C. 2071 and the Presidential Records Act of 1978.”

However, despite our diligence to follow through with the complaint both in filings with the FBI and DoJ, Pelosi was never subjected to an investigation, much less did she suffer even an ethics charge or congressional reprimand. At the time, Pelosi and other high-ranking Demos including Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) were colluding with corrupt elements within the FBI and DoJ to take Trump down.

Apparently, Pelosi was above the law, in contrast to those prosecuted by her Histrionic J6 Insurrection™ Inquisition in which she would have hundreds of nonviolent protestors jailed for trespassing in the Capitol building, a lesser offense than her felony violations of 18 U.S.C. 2071 and the Presidential Records Act. But hey, if not for double standards, Demos would have no standards!

Just days after Trump’s 2020 SOTU declaration, “The state of our Union is stronger than ever before,” the nation would find itself besieged with the onset of the ChiCom Virus pandemic and Anthony Fauci’s autocratic reign of terror. Then came the death of a violent career criminal and perennial drug offender, George Floyd, which was the catalyst for the Democrats’ “systemic racism” lie and their “summer of rage” riots nationwide. (For the record, all those violent “antifa movement” and “Black Lives Matter” radicals were Demo constituents, so almost all had criminal charges dropped.

Then came the final blow to Trump’s presidential reelection bid — the Demos’ massive bulk-mail ballot fraud scheme, ostensibly justified by the COVID pandemic. That resulted in Trump’s defeat by a non compos mentis jackass, Joe Biden, and his sidekick, Kamala Harris.

What followed was four years of disastrous domestic and foreign policy failures.

But out of those ashes rose the biggest comeback in presidential history.

The Demos were broadsided with Trump’s 2024 election and have been caught flat-footed by the blizzard of his executive orders and actions since 20 January.

And that brings us to Trump’s State of the Union — er, I mean his address to the joint session of Congress … minus a few jackass party boycotters and one expelled nutcase, Rep. Al Green (D-TX).

It was a house divided, as Trump delivered the longest address on record, beating out Bill Clinton’s 88-minute speech in 2000 by two minutes. But despite its length and the various interruptions, it made for “great television” as Trump both informed and entertained the room.

Of course, Demos stayed seated and heckled the president throughout, looking like petulant adolescents with prop paddles and such. Even former Biden spokesman Ian Sams pleaded with Demos not to do “dumb sh*t” during his speech. But to no avail.

The Ds even refused to applaud Trump’s announcement “that we have just apprehended the top terrorist responsible” for the 2021 bombing in Kabul killing 13 American military service members during Biden’s disgraceful surrender and retreat from Afghanistan. Before his address, President Trump contacted family members of the Americans killed to tell them about the capture of the terrorist responsible for the deaths of their family members.

Recall that last year, Biden ejected Steve Nikoui, the Gold Star father of one of the Marines killed, Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, who yelled from the gallery, “Abbey Gate!” and “Second Battalion First Marines!”

In our Mid-Day Digest today, Nate Jackson bullet-pointed key excerpts from Trump’s remarks, but here are a few additional takeaways:

“Every day, we are going to fight, fight, fight for the country our citizens believe in and for the country our citizens deserve!”

“The American dream is surging bigger and better than ever before. The American dream is unstoppable, and our country is on the verge of a comeback the likes of which the world has never witnessed.”

“Common sense has become a common theme, and we will never go back. … Over the past six weeks, I have signed nearly 100 executive orders and taken more than 400 executive actions to restore common sense, safety, optimism, and wealth all across our wonderful land. The people elected me to do the job, and I am doing it.”

“The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over. My administration will reclaim power from this unaccountable bureaucracy, and we will restore true democracy to America again. … I have directed that for every one new regulation, 10 old regulations must be eliminated.”

“Our country will be woke no longer. I signed an order making it the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders — male and female. … Our message to every child in America is that you are perfect exactly the way God made you.”

“I terminated the ridiculous ‘green new scam.’ I withdrew from the unfair Paris climate accord. … We ended all of Biden’s environmental restrictions. … We ended the last administration’s insane electric vehicle mandate.”

“I withdrew from the corrupt World Health Organization. And I also withdrew from the anti-American UN Human Rights Council.”

“Whatever they tariff us, we tariff them. Whatever they tax us, we tax them. That’s reciprocal back and forth. … We’ve been ripped off for decades by nearly every country on Earth, and we will not let that happen any longer.”

“It’s time to stop the madness. Earlier today, I received an important letter from President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. The letter reads that Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiation table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace. Simultaneously, we’ve had serious discussions with Russia and have received strong signals they are ready for peace. … If you want to end wars, you got to talk to both sides.”

And today, how did the Trump address play with those who viewed it?

CNN polling indicates that 69% of those who viewed the speech found it positive, with 44% saying their reaction was “very positive.” CBS polling shows a 76% approval. CBS found that most viewers were “hopeful” and “proud” and found it more “unifying” than “divisive.”

But allow me to repeat one loud caveat as I noted in “Trump 2.0 — Attack of the Disruptors”: Organized chaos, Trump’s strategic specialty, is very difficult to manage, and can backfire if not managed at all levels well. My biggest concern about Trump’s fusillade of executive orders and actions is that the administration is at high risk for Executive overreach, too much too soon, resulting in the slow erosion of public approval, evidence of which is now emerging in Trump’s RCP job approval average showing a three-point decline since he took office from 51.5% to 48.8% approval, and rise in his disapproval from 43% to 47.5%.

Polls can fluctuate significantly from one week to the next, but average polling trends matter.

Semper Vigilans Fortis Paratus et Fidelis
Pro Deo et Libertate — 1776

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