The Independent: Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech had so much promise – then it crashed and burnt in the most frightening way.
Washington,
February 6, 2019
Unfortunately, and despite the rhetoric, America is faltering once again. Trump was able to unite people behind causes that nobody could disagree with in his State of the Union speech: more funding for childhood cancer, for instance, and a commitment to eliminating AIDs. But, as two of his previous housekeepers looked up at him (Sandra Diaz and Victorina Morales, who came as the guests of Representatives Jimmy Gomez and Bonnie Watson Coleman respectively), he also made a serious, concrete promise to make women’s lives in the country he governs a lot harder. The fact that he did it in the language of far-right evangelists should make us all fearful of what’s to come on the 2020 campaign trail. |
