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We all know that after a long period of stress, the muscles in the neck relax, the jaw loosens, and the fists loosen. No wonder I felt all of this while watching President-elect Donald Trump's huge press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Monday.
For the past four years, America has witnessed President Joe Biden's steady and precipitous mental decline, with Scranton Joe's public appearances almost holding his finger in his mouth just to get him through. I've gotten used to the stress of just wishing for something.
No one really listens to what Biden actually says anymore. On the rare occasions when he does say something, we instead watch to see if that cold, empty gaze returns to the Commander-in-Chief's eyes.
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So on Monday, when President Trump engaged in more than an hour of playful and informative rhetorical sparring with the press, it was as if a ray of real, authentic leadership sunshine was shining through Biden's years of cloudy and ambiguous tenure. It was as if the light had finally come to light.
Ostensibly, Japanese businessman and SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son announced a $100 billion investment in the United States that would create 100,000 new jobs in the United States. A reporter was called in to do so.
Having watched Biden's steady and precipitous mental decline over four years, we have become accustomed to the stress of watching Scranton Joe appear in public.
The Far East-born executive also said he was doing so because Trump's election made him more optimistic about the future of the U.S. economy.
That would have been enough, but wait. There's more to come.
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As usual, Trump stayed put and answered most of reporters' questions, including many that the current administration has struggled to properly answer.
Take, for example, the mysterious giant New Jersey drone that disrupted the Biden White House for a week. What were President Trump's views? Here's what he said on Monday: “The government knows what's going on. For some reason they don't want to comment. And they better say what our military knows and what the president knows. think.”
This is exactly what the vast majority of people have been asking the Biden administration to do, and instead we've had a parade of varying, wide-ranging answers, and now a condescending “don't worry, everything will be fine.” I've settled on something like this.
President Trump also managed to put out a major fire in his nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., by assuring the public that his administration would not ban the polio vaccine. This is a pretty crazy idea, but one that even Republicans are concerned about. It was brought up by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
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“The polio vaccine is not going away, it's not going to happen,” Trump said, adding, “Everything needs to be considered, but I strongly believe in the polio vaccine.”
Again, this is the tone that cautious Americans have been waiting for. Some might call it a scientific approach to science, rather than relying on the scriptures from Dr. Anthony Fauci and the medical establishment.
As the clock's minute hand completes its full rotation Monday afternoon, New York City Mayor Adams claims President-elect Trump is being treated unfairly by the Justice Department in retaliation for criticizing Biden's handling of the border crisis. gave a speech about the possibility of pardoning the
On the Ukraine war, President Trump reiterated his plans for a quick resolution, said he was making great progress on defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, announced an impending TikTok ban, met with tech executives and reinstated federal employees. also mentioned. Office incidents, including the shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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But perhaps the best moment came when a reporter asked the president-elect whether he supported a first strike against Iran's nuclear facilities.
Trump's answer was, well, pure Trump, “Why would I say that? Can you imagine if I said yes or no? You would say, 'He answered that question. Is that a serious question? Do I do a first strike or do I do Iran? How can you answer such questions? ”
It was an incredibly stupid question, but one that exposed the farce that is the relationship between news organizations and the Biden administration. The answer would have been, “Nothing is taken off the table and we will continue to work together.'' The region is allied to chatter, blah, blah. ”
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That gentle breeze whispering through the branches of our politics and government is the sound of millions of Americans finally exhaling, safe in the knowledge that we have a president with leadership once again. .
And this has to be said, it's great that we are so close to having a actually functioning US president again.
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