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If you had to sum up Donald Trump’s first State of the Union (SOTU) address, that image above is a pretty decent effort.
Republicans stood and applauded continuously – probably because they know the president will watch all the footage during his ‘Executive Time’ and take down the names of those who didn’t – and Democrats were largely unimpressed.
Even when they did clap, it didn’t always seem genuine, with Nancy Pelosi leading the charge. Yeah, she’s clearly adopted the ‘seal sarcastically claps’ method of showing her distaste:
2019 Mood: Nancy Pelosi Sarcastically Clapping pic.twitter.com/3znPRjUyt6
— Sarcastic Pelosi Claps (@SarcasticPelosi) February 6, 2019
Probably not going to mend relations between Donnie and Nancy.
Following the completion of the State of the Union address, Trevor Noah was live to give his hot take on what went down.
Jump ahead to the 5:10 mark, because that’s where the action kicks off:
I give it a matter of hours until Donald wakes up and starts retweeting anybody who complimented his address.
For a more concise take on SOTU, there’s also Jimmy Kimmel:
The show rolls on.
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