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RE: State of the Union 2018 (No Filler Version - 25 minute cut)

in #politics7 years ago (edited)

Thank you for making this cut. The added accolades and bullshit pandering actually made it more difficult for me to catch everything.
Oddly enough, Trump's speech seems, dare I say it, BETTER, than it did initially. I really didn't expect that, and I'm not sure how I feel about that or how to reconcile it.

That one point about getting harder on drug pushers I was not on board with, and was about to comment that we should be more centered around rehab, but it was this cut that allowed me to hear the other part he said - that he seeks to give "Americans crippled by drugs the treatment they desperately need." I agree with you and the rest of Deep Fat Fried though - I hope the "drug pushers" he refers to include (ahem, are centered around) big pharma and doctors (read: the ACTUAL drug-pushers). And I hope getting "the treatment they need" involves incentives to doctors and the afflicted to getting treatment before their condition creates harm to themselves and/or others.

Another point I missed was how he was going to take a lot of the immigrants we have today and put them on an easier path to citizenship. As restrictive to our borders as he seems to be, he also seems to be trying to decriminalize the people that are here. I think that's at least a step in the right direction.

I'm not pro-trump (i'm cynical about him), but I'm not as put off as I was before.