Well, 110 minutes will about do it. We’ll see you all on the Corner.
Restoring Fort Bragg’s name was only right, especially with its hasty renaming amidst the post-Floyd moral panic. As I've written in the past, these bases have far greater history bound up in their titles than just the characters and actions of their namesakes.
If nothing else, Trump has delayed the networks switching over to the local news. Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger will offer the Democratic response well after 11 p.m., after most viewers on the East Coast have gone to bed.
We’re not that young: https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2026/03/america-the-durable/
As we wind to an end, my final verdict: This was an okay speech after its soporific opening, given its “Castro dinner oration” length. No major weirdness, no big news. Trump clearly seems to be flagging a bit with age – Biden Alert! – but he still controls a room and can improvise on the fly like always. The State of the Union is always a matter of theatrics, so it makes little sense to analyze it in terms of policy.
As theater, this did the job.
Trump is right, this nation is so young. And it moves faster than any other.
I’m not sure there is a more perfect specimen of the sort of humor that is unique to Trump than joking that he always wanted a Congressional Medal of Honor but he has to wait until they let him give it to himself.
If you’re going to use SOTU time to host guest appearances, honoring the stories of veterans’ valor in combat is by far the best way to do it.
“Protected by Russian and Chinese military technology. How did that work out? Not too good.” This is good Trump — bragging that our enemies can’t stand in the ring with us.
Mentioning the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is a well-earned moment of pride and applause for the president. And it is great moment to have released political prisoner Enrique Gonzales join and embrace his family.
But it would have been even cooler if the shackled Maduro was in the gallery.