Coked-up felon tells nation to quit whining

Felon47 went on TV last night to try and stop his popularity from further cratering as he continues to destroy everything good about the United States of America. In keeping with his traditional style, the address was delivered on the prolefeed in Newspeak, contained much duckspeak, and implored the audience to engage in doublethink to a staggering degree, so much so that what he says becomes just so much bellyfeel despite it's complete irrationality. That many of his claims are blackwhite makes no difference, we're all to simply believe that what he says is doubleplusgood and everything that preceded him was doubleplusungood.

Those terms are all from George Orwell's 1984, of course. It's a book I haven't read since high school and now think I should dig out again for a refresher, as it seems like it's become the manual for the Republican Party.

I didn't watch the address—I'm not that masochistic—but I did read the transcript. I did call up a couple of clips online to see what the delivery was like, and it was...manic? No matter the delivery, in substance the speech was almost entirely lies and fabrications; the only true statements were surrounded by framing intended to mislead. Essentially a rant, and a fairly obvious attempt to con the more capable members of his base to stop paying attention to the evidence of their experiences (the less capable ones never did pay attention to such things) and distract the masses as the economy heads into the toilet; as his regime commits acts of war in order to extort other countries; and as his history as a pedophile, rapist, and serial abuser becomes more exposed.

I always find myself in a state of anxiety after any televised primetime address this guy makes because I fear the people who will take him seriously, who will believe what he says and regurgitate it to their co-workers (or their Fox News audience). I think this one will find less purchase, but if we've learned anything in these past ten years it's that a whole lot of Americans are dumbshits that make themselves easy marks. So I feel the need to push back, even if only in this screaming-into-the-void way on the Interwebs.

Interestingly, Felon47 did not begin his address as presidents traditionally have, with "My fellow Americans." No no, that's not his way, he can't be "fellow" anything, as he has no peers. In his mind, he's above us all, and besides, acknowledging himself as "American" would go against his continual efforts to shred the constitution. He began with "Good evening, America" (good for whom he didn't specify).

Fact-checking the entire speech would take days, so instead I'll just pull a few notable quotes and provide some necessary context back to the tyrant-in-chief, who would likely not understand any of it:

• "When I took office, inflation was the worst in 48 years, and some would say in the history of our country." When you took office, inflation was around 2.9%. Today it's 3%. So if it was the worst in history when you took office, you broke the record. But of course, 3% is nowhere near the worst it's ever been. How about that 48 year remark, then? That would place us in 1977, when the rate was 6.5%, but it's been worse since then; it actually crept over 13% in 1980, the high-water mark post-World War II. In fact, the annual inflation rate has been worse than it is today in 21 of the last 48 years, three of them as a direct result of your first term of office. Moreover, unlike the rates of inflation in years past, today's inflation is completely self-inflicted; the bulk of price increases in 2025 have been caused by your tariffs. "This happened during a Democrat administration and it's when we first began hearing the word 'affordability.'" Um, what? No, the inflation from 2021-2023 was due to the global pandemic, which was greatly exacerbated by your pro-COVID regime as Fraud45. Bringing it down to manageable levels was a spectacular accomplishment of the Biden administration. Also, the word "affordability" was coined well before then; the root word "afford" has been traced back to the 14th century. You fucking moron.
• “We had the worst trade deals ever made, and our country was laughed at from all over the world. But they’re not laughing anymore.” Firstly, let’s consider the speaker here—how would you, Mr. I-bankrupt-casinos, know what is and is not a good trade deal? I’m not well-read on the history of American trade policies, but I think it’s fair to say that among the worst ever made are your own. And as for being laughed at all over the world, buddy, you’re laughed at all the time, there’s just a fear factor when you hold the office you currently hold, so right now the laughing is behind your back. And that’s just you—I know in your tiny mind you think of yourself and the country as interchangeable terms, but they’re actually very much separate entities; if the country is laughed at around the world, it’s because of the policies and historical evolution that allowed you to become president. Tens of millions of American citizens were that dumb, encouraged to be that way by a governing culture that fed them bullshit and convinced them to hate others and vote against their own interests. Some might find that laughable.
• “They caused a horrible situation all over the globe.” ‘They’ here is again the Biden administration, but in reality “they” were cleaning up your mess from your time as Fraud45, not causing horrible situations of any kind. “But now you have a president who fights for the law-abiding, hardworking people of our country.” No, no, no, now we have a president who pardons felons in quid-pro-quo transactions and commits crimes on a daily basis, prioritizing anyone with money over anyone without, and cares not one whit about the law.
• “Do you remember when Joe Biden said that he needed Congress to pass legislation to help close the border? … As it turned out, we didn’t need legislation, we just needed a new president.” Well, a president that was unconcerned with the law, the constitution, and separation of powers. Plus a Congressional majority that was willing to roll over for him. And a corrupt Supreme Court majority that would grant this new president immunity from prosecution.
• “The last administration and their allies in Congress looted our treasury for trillions of dollars, driving up prices and everything at levels never seen before.” This one is interesting for a couple of reasons—it fails to recognize the separation of powers and use of the word “looting” is revealing. The Biden administration respected the fact that Congress controls government spending, so all they did was lobby and request from Congress funding for things they prioritized. And Congress didn’t “loot” the treasury, they passed a budget bill that included expenditures for things you didn’t like; it’s telling that you find Federal spending on the greater good to be a form of theft. It’s public money spent on the public, but I guess in your pea-sized brain public money should just be your money? Also, saying those expenditures drove inflation suggests you have no idea how inflation works. (Which tracks, actually.) You know, I could say that your regime and your Congressional toadies are “looting the treasury” too, but I’d be closer to accurate even though looting isn’t technically correct here either. You and your lapdogs in Congress passed a cruelty-laden budget that will make the rich richer and the poor poorer, spending public money to subsidize the wealthy. But it’s law now, so not “looting.”
• “For the first time in years, wages are rising much faster than inflation.” I can think of no context in which this is anything other than total bullshit. Real wages—that is, the buying power of a wage adjusted for inflation—have actually dropped. The global pandemic again was a prime factor here, and they began to improve along with the economic recovery during the Biden presidency, but remain less than they were pre-COVID. Since January, real wages have fallen more slowly than they did in the previous few (pandemic) years, but they still buy less than they did a year ago. Raw wages have also failed to keep up with inflation, only rising approximately 2%. Inflation, as noted earlier, is 3%. “Remember that rate, the wages. Just look at it.” OK, let’s do that:
  

  

• “I negotiated directly with the drug companies and foreign nations…to slash prices on drugs and pharmaceuticals by as much as 400, 500, and even 600%.” WOW! Amazing! Big Pharma is going to pay me $150 every month when I pick up my sertraline prescription? Unbelievable! No, literally, it’s unbelievable, no one should believe you. You didn’t do anything remotely like that. Also, how do you think math works, anyway?
• “Drugs have only gone up, but now they’ll be going down by numbers never conceived possible. It’s called most favored nation, and no president has ever had the courage or ability to get this done before now.” Um, a couple things: first, by omitting the specific drugs in question from your statement, you imply that it’s across the board, but the only drugs we’re talking about are semaglutide (Ozempic and  Wegovy), terzepatide (Zepbound), and potentially orfoglipron—or as you’ve called them in the past, “the fat drugs.” That’s it, nothing else. Second, the price reduction would be around 65-70%, not 400-600% (again, how do you think math works?). Third, other presidents have most assuredly attempted to provide for lower prescription drug costs for Americans, they just weren’t stupid about it. Your MFN drug plan is stupid. By making the profit margin on those few drugs so much smaller, other products and services will by necessity be cut back. Low-volume pharmaceuticals will get dropped. Assistance programs will be cut or eliminated. Investment, needed for R&D, will slow. This is a sleight-of-hand way to try fooling people into thinking you’re helping the public at large when you are actually hurting the public at large. Again.
• “The ‘Unaffordable’ Care Act was created to make insurance companies rich. It was bad health care at might higher cost. You see that now in the steep increase in premiums being demanded by the Democrats … it’s not the Republicans’ fault, it’s the Democrats’ fault.” Oh, hey, clever little dig there, calling the Affordable Care Act the “Unaffordable Care Act.” Too bad it’s baseless. The insurance industry hated the ACA. Lobbied hard against it, made sure it was at best watered down. Because it forced them to be less predatory. Health insurance in this country sucks, but it sucks a whole lot less thanks to the ACA and is, whether you like it or not, much more affordable than it used to be. The ACA was actually designed to be a foundation for further reform, a stepping stone to a more inclusive, less-reliant on private enterprise insurance system. It was by no means created to make insurance companies richer. At all. And the sharp increases for 2026 are directly the fault of your “big bill” of cruelty passed by Republicans. The massive premium increases were a choice made exclusively by Republicans with great opposition from Democrats. You fucking liar. “I want the money to go directly to the people so you can buy your own health care. You’ll get much better health care at a much lower price.” Wait, does this refer to your cockamamie idea to make everyone open a “health savings account” and funnel a paltry grand or two into them, then say “have at it, citizens, go buy insurance!” That’s what this is? Well, sir, you have just described a much (MUCH!) worse version of (part of) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with a ridiculous and expensive extra layer of bureaucracy and far less financial help. You fucking idiot.
• "Tonight, I am also proud to announce that more than 1,450,000, think of this 1,450,000 military service members will receive a special we call warrior dividend before Christmas, a warrior dividend in honor of our nation's founding in 1776. We are sending every soldier $1,776.  Think of that, and the checks are already on the way." Oooh, the good ol' bribery tactic. Note to servicemembers: this alleged check, if you actually receive it, is funds taken directly from your Basic Housing Allowance. It is not a "warrior dividend," it's a withdrawal from your rent money. So it isn't even a real bribe, it's a bait-and-switch bribe.
• “We’re doing what nobody thought was possible, not even remotely possible. There has never, frankly, been anything like it.” OK, this one is true. Though I and many others warned before the election that giving you another term would be catastrophic, the sheer scale of destruction and wreckage that you’ve wrought on this country in a mere 11 months is, indeed, staggering. “Government either serves the productive, patriotic, hard-working American citizen or it serves those who break the laws, cheat the system, and seek power and profit at the expense of our nation.” YES! OH MY GOD, A 100% TRUE STATEMENT! Your regime, though, is clearly one that serves the criminals and cheaters, everything you have done proves that to be the case. This quote should be used in campaign commercials nationwide for the midterms, juxtaposed with all of your pro-criminal, profiteering, destructive actions.

There’s more, so much more dishonest blame-throwing and gaslighting doublethink in this one speech, but I have to stop here before I tear any more of my hair out.

Fortunately, I'm not the only one who found this repugnant:

This man must be stopped. He must be removed from office. Since his cabinet is so thoroughly corrupt and incompetent, we can’t expect the 25^th Amendment to come into play, so we need Congress to impeach and convict him. ASAP. Write your representatives and vote accordingly.