TRUMP’S VIBRANT RETURN

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.

Just days after Trump’s 2020 SOTU, the nation would find itself besieged with 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?

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.

Meanwhile, Trump’s RCP job approval average still reflects the 1.3% election divide, with 48.8% approval and 47.5% disapproval.

Mark Alexander is the Editor of Patriot Post