US EditionMS NOW: Rachel Maddow Blasts Trump’s ‘Wound Up & Weird’ SOTU Speech
Rachel Maddow criticized the speech’s slow pace and graphic violence, calling it the longest State of the Union with few real policy proposals and repeated false economic claims.
- Following the joint address, Maddow said Trump luxuriated in the goriest descriptions, criticizing its graphic tone and record-breaking length on Tuesday.
- Maddow highlighted the speech's pacing, saying the president alternated speeds and came across as `wound up and weird`, citing a 1/32 clip pulled by the MS NOW control room, and noted he slowed and ad-libbed repeatedly.
- She pointed to grisly passages, noting Maddow recounted the president describing people 'covered in blood' and 'gushing blood, blood pouring out of things,' citing several extended passages.
- Maddow pointed out factual errors, noting few policy proposals and a dramatic gas-price misstatement .
- Maddow flagged a factual error where the president implied an attacker entered from abroad, which she said was untrue, and noted policy items like a war on fraud led by JD Vance plus guests including the U.S. men's hockey team and Erika Kirk.
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MS NOW Host Calls Trump’s SOTU Speech ‘Wound Up and Weird’
MS NOW host Rachel Maddow has questioned Donald Trump’s changing pace and reliance on “violence porn” during his marathon State of the Union speech. Trump, 79, spoke for 108 minutes on Tuesday evening, easily smashing the record set by former President Bill Clinton’s 88-minute State of the Union…
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