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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