state of the union
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Trump Eerily Silent After SOTU Speech and I Have a Lot of Questions
Where is President HooHoo Von Swizzledick? It’s been 13 hours since the president delivered his long-ass, shoutout speech, in which he begged up Navy veterans, a child cancer patient, himself and his wife, Melania—who came to the State of the Union in a separate car because even she’s hate riding with his ass—and the president…
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There's No Use in Taking Trump's State of the Union Seriously
Everything is worse in the wake of Trump’s latest State of the Union Address. I once dated a functioning alcoholic. What began as a functioning facade gave way to wobbly excuses, thinly-veiled threats and destructive behavior. At first, the tearful apologies came so infrequently that each felt like a breakthrough of some sort, new ground…
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A Live Translation of Trump's State of the Union Address
Good evening and welcome. Tonight, The Root’s Senior Editor Stephen A. Crockett Jr., Staff Writer Michael Harriot and Staff Writer Monique Judge will be live blogging Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. And by live blogging, we mean providing you with an understandable translation free of Adderall snorts and pompous bragging about everything and…
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Maxine Waters Calls Donald Trump a 'Bluffer' Ahead of the State of the Union Address
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters has never bitten her tongue when it comes to expressing her disdain for Donald Trump, the white-supremacist-in-chief. During an interview with The Root, Rep. Waters told us how to push back against Trump’s bully tactics, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s leadership and how she feels empowered by the new crop of black…
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Hey, Bernie Sanders Can You STFU After the SOTU and Let Stacey Abrams Shine?
I thought after the “Bernie Bros.” reportedly ditched their liberal persona and voted for Donald Trump in an effort to “bern” Hillary Clinton that everyone had learned their lesson and informally agreed to play nice. As it stands, we’ve got an orange demigod in the White House who needs to be sent packing in 2020.…
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Winter Is Coming: Trump's Female Opposition Will Be Wearing White to the State of the Union
When Donald Trump approaches the podium to wheeze through his sad little State of the Union address Tuesday night (when most of us would rather be watching Phylicia Rashad and Susan Kelechi Watson devour scenery on This Is Us), he will likely be greeted with a sea of white. No, it won’t be the hoods…
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Undocumented Former Trump Employee to Attend State of the Union Address
Victorina Morales, a Guatemalan woman who spent years working for the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. before revealing her status as an undocumented worker to the New York Times in December, has accepted an invitation to attend Donald Trump’s State of the Union address next week. Morales, who was terminated from her job…
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Nancy Pelosi: When We Go In This Store, Don't Touch Anything! Trump: Then I'm Going to Declare a National Emergency!
President Donald Trump is hinting at the fact that he’s going to declare a national emergency and because the president is a reality star who lives for drama, he’s probably going to announce it during the State of The Union, Feb. 5. “I think there’s a good chance we will have to do that,” the…
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Donald Trump on the State of the Union: Mother May I? Nancy Pelosi: Yes, You May
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continues to son the shit out of your little “president.” In her latest gathering of the sniffer-in-chief, Pelosi finally gave Donald Trump permission to give the State of the Union address he has been so desperate to deliver. In a letter made public via Twitter by her deputy chief of staff,…
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth Isn’t Here to Clap for ‘Cadet Bone Spurs’
What you’re not going to do is tell Iraq War vet and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) what is and isn’t treason. The Black Hawk-helicopter pilot who lost both legs during her service took exception to President Donald Trump’s comments Monday that Democrats who didn’t clap for him during his State of the Union address…