Tom Nichols of The Atlantic critiques Trumps "hysteria" laced affordability speech to the nation........
While fact-checkers have already pulled apart Trump's speech, Nichols wrote that it was Trump's "demeanor" that stood out. He read the speech quickly, his voice rising in frustration as he hurled one lie after another into the camera.
"Americans saw a president drenched in panic as he tried to bully an entire nation into admitting he’s doing a great job. For 20 minutes, he vented his hurt feelings without a molecule of empathy or awareness," Nichols read. "Economic concerns? Shut up, you fools, the economy is doing fine. (And if it isn’t, it’s not his fault—it’s Joe Biden’s.) Foreign-policy jitters? Zip it, you wimps, America is strong and respected."
"Even by Trump’s standards, this was an unnerving display of fear," Nichols closed. "This was a desperate tin-pot leader yelling into a microphone while cornered in his palace redoubt. The president has been unraveling for weeks, and his speech tonight, like Trump himself, was unworthy of America and its people."
So, basically for 20 minutes, Trumps looked into the camera, stared Americans straight in the eyes and told them "QUIET, PIGGY" !