Here's a radical suggestion for the State of the Union address: Report on the state of the union, and skip the theatrics

I'm sure President Trump's State of the Union address is already written, barring some last-minute revisions. I don't expect him to read this column and re-write the whole thing - although if he wanted me to I could crank out a replacement in no time. I'm that fast and that good. But it's not my job to make it happen. It's my job to tell you what I think should happen, and if ever there was a president who had the cajones to actually try what I'm about to suggest, it's Donald Trump. First let's lay out what the State of the Union address has sadly devolved into. It's basically an hourlong political speech in which the president makes the case that his policies are making things better, and to whatever extent things are still not good enough, what we need are more of his policies. Along the way, just about everyone in the chamber brings "special guests" whose presence is designed to make some sort of political statement. Some of this is unobjectionable, like inviting honored members of the military or their families. But much of it is schmaltzy nonsense, like when Democrats invite sexual assault victims with the implied message that Donald Trump is in league with their oppressors.

---

Support Canada Free Press

---