THR's critic writes: 'The president sticks to the script for his speech the night before the Senate's impeachment vote, and you could tell it was killing him'
The timing couldn't have been better for Donald Trump's State of the Union address. He's enjoying a 49 percent approval rating in the Gallup poll, the highest since he took office. The Democratic Iowa caucuses were an unmitigated disaster, leaving the party in complete disarray. The impeachment trial couldn't have gone better for him. And the following day, he was due to be acquitted and then crowned King of America by the Senate Republican majority.
Everyone was wondering how Trump and Pelosi would handle themselves, especially since they reportedly haven't spoken since their last contentious meeting way back in October. When Trump reached the podium, she tried to shake his hand, but Trump ignored her.The other question was whether Trump would take the opportunity to address his impeachment, about which he seems to have some hard feelings.
As usual, Trump made every effort to turn his annual report to the nation into an entertaining episode of his personally hosted reality show. Naturally, there were special guests, including Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, whom he described as "the true and legitimate president of Venezuela." Even the Democrats applauded, probably because it's the first time they've encountered a legitimate president in years.
And then there was Rush Limbaugh, whose diagnosis of stage 4 lung cancer had recently been announced. Trump paid lavish praise to the conservative radio host before announcing that he was awarding Limbaugh the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which, you can imagine, pleased at least roughly one half of the audience. Limbaugh feigned surprise as Melania draped the ribbon around his neck, even though the award had already been made public. You can't say that Trump doesn't return favors.
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