The Golden Age of Pettiness

Punchbowl News: “The annual presidential address to Congress – once a dignified event that was the height of American political pomp and circumstance – has devolved into a tired display of pettiness and hyper-partisanship. We’re not sure what the average American – or anyone — gets out of this anymore.”

Playbook: “Well, he didn’t hold back. The 45th and 47th president gave us the full Donald Trump experience last night with a raucous joint address to Congress which lauded his culture war victories, denigrated his political opponents (including Joe Biden by name more than a dozen times), attacked seething Democrats for refusing to stand and applaud him and generally felt more like a MAGA campaign rally than a traditional presidential speech.”