Donald Trump's first joint address to Congress was described as lacking substance, style, and specifics. Also, lots of lies.
Reviews are in, and they aren't good. Critics point to out how Trump failed to provide any details of his plans, while engaging in more fearmongering and outright lies (like taking credit for jobs he didn't create).
Oh hey, Trump finally got around to condemning hate crimes (after, ya know, suggesting TODAY that Jewish folks were calling in bomb threats)
— Sara Lang (@SaraLang) March 1, 2017
Trump on immigration reform = zero substance pic.twitter.com/WHy9DOvVfU
— Elise Foley (@elisefoley) March 1, 2017
When did we start governing by anecdote? #Jointsession
— Zerlina Maxwell (@ZerlinaMaxwell) March 1, 2017
Trump talks of "massive tax relief" for middle class.
In fact:
72% of proposed cuts go to top 1%
6.6% of proposed cuts go to middle class— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) March 1, 2017
Trump says pipelines must be made with american steel. trump built his own buildings with foreign steel. ludicrous hypocrite #trumpaddress
— David Pakman (@dpakman) March 1, 2017
In his infrastructure list I didn't hear any mention of clean drinking water for Flint.
— Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) March 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/836775766910242816
Trump promises to promote clean air and clean water. But today he issued EO to repeal Clean Water rule: https://t.co/ejStgluwdw
— Ben Adler (@badler) March 1, 2017
Trump again takes credit for Sprint, Softbank, Intel, among others, for job/investment promises that PREDATE him
— Tony Romm (@TonyRomm) March 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/ZerlinaMaxwell/status/836772198119575552
Debunking Trump’s claim about creating thousands of jobs:
- 69K were in works before election
- 700 result of Obamahttps://t.co/j0IBS4PrhZ— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) March 1, 2017
You forgot the part where Trump blamed the generals for the failure of the raid.
So, I know no one cares about hypocrisy... https://t.co/5gJJ4Bf1Qz — Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) March 1, 2017
He talks about keeping us safer and did this today --> Trump signs bill revoking gun checks for mental illness https://t.co/AwFIkXGOKH
— Joe Sudbay (@JoeSudbay) March 1, 2017
In contrast:
Great Speech! Once again the Media Liars didn't gaslight President Trump into supporting legalization of illegal immigrants. Thank God!
— David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) March 1, 2017