{"id":2142,"date":"2017-03-01T09:11:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T15:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/?p=2142"},"modified":"2017-03-01T09:11:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T15:11:28","slug":"donald-trumps-address-congress-close-perfect-can-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/2017\/03\/donald-trumps-address-congress-close-perfect-can-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump&#8217;s address to Congress: as close to perfect as you can hope for"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/646471410\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/646471410?et=ZbnGL80QQfp22Yq2ipWdGA&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=dZT9HiUnkw7VDOBRE5YUsrLqumCEJeV8VeZJhJDAHz4=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Like many Americans, I didn\u2019t know what to expect from Donald Trump\u2019s first joint address to Congress, but he hit it out of the ballpark. \u00a0<\/span>The speech was a close to perfect as the grassroots could have hoped for.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It was Presidential, disciplined, strong on substance, and reinforced all the promises he\u2019s made previously: he wants to repeal Obamacare, secure the border, bring back jobs and grow the economy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0Though there are things that conservatives do not like\u2026 such as massive infrastructure spending.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>But this was just a speech and the devil is in the details.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Succinctly, he wants to put America, and Americans, first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">And the\u00a0grassroots like what they heard.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This speech threw down\u00a0the gauntlet.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 Though w<\/span>e know the Democrats will whine, cry, and oppose, we aren\u2019t quite as sure about\u00a0what the Republicans will do. \u00a0(Note to Republicans,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/2017\/02\/now-something-president-grassroots-wont-stand-nothing-congress\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">now that we have a \u201cdo something President,\u201d we aren\u2019t going to stand for a \u201cdo nothing\u201d Congress.\u201d<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Also, I have to point out the\u00a0most loving, compassionate moment since Ronald Reagan began\u00a0bringing guests to the State of the Union\u00a0speech. Only one\u00a0month after her husband died in a raid in Yemen, Carryn Owens was one of President Trump\u2019s honored guests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRyan\u2019s legacy is etched into eternity,\u201d he said to the\u00a0widow of the Navy SEAL.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Widow<\/strong> of slain <strong>Navy SEAL<\/strong> receives standing ovation during felt the love of America around her tonight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cRyan\u2019s legacy is etched into eternity.\u201d Widow of slain Navy SEAL receives standing ovation during <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@POTUS<\/a>\u2018s address: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kn3aYqXUQG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Kn3aYqXUQG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IuKGVZT5xD\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/IuKGVZT5xD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/836787487330598912\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">March 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That moment is one I\u2019ll never forget. God bless this great country that creates such heroes. 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