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demmiblue

(39,533 posts)
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:19 PM 20 hrs ago

'It's Going to Be a Long Speech': Trump Prepares for State of the Union

As President Trump prepares to deliver his State of the Union address, he gave a little glimpse on Monday of what Americans can expect.

“It’s going to be a long speech,” Mr. Trump said, “because we have so much to talk about.”

The president spent part of the weekend preparing for Tuesday’s address by reviewing the speech with a small group of advisers, officials familiar with his plans said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/us/politics/speech-trump-state-of-the-union.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes


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'It's Going to Be a Long Speech': Trump Prepares for State of the Union (Original Post) demmiblue 20 hrs ago OP
Everyone is watching ME! underpants 20 hrs ago #1
Lots of Words! Roy Rolling 17 hrs ago #29
He wants to run long so everyone is exhausted and doesn't tune into Dem response. NCDem47 41 min ago #52
I thought that too. underpants 27 min ago #53
Who is he going to insult ? creon 20 hrs ago #2
Who *isn't* he going to insult? durablend 20 hrs ago #5
But he'll still do it. calimary 17 hrs ago #22
Probably 2 creon 4 hrs ago #45
"We have so much to talk about" canetoad 20 hrs ago #3
He will be properly medicated so he can stick to the teleprompter dalton99a 20 hrs ago #4
Doubt it durablend 20 hrs ago #6
Or not. Cha 20 hrs ago #7
Another reason not to watch the Tuesday Night Tirade. greatauntoftriplets 20 hrs ago #8
Agree. debm55 19 hrs ago #18
Long speech may require extra adderall. Better start with fresh Depends. nt hvn_nbr_2 20 hrs ago #9
"We have so much to talk about" euquals "I want to bully specific people with name calling and a national tantrum" Torchlight 20 hrs ago #10
I'm watching the curse of Oak Island gab13by13 19 hrs ago #11
Fool's gone full Castro Prairie Gates 19 hrs ago #12
Hey, that's a good way to put it! calimary 17 hrs ago #25
The only argument you might get SCantiGOP 17 hrs ago #31
Yep. Those of us who grew up in the Cold War... keep_left 55 min ago #50
Do Democrats get equal time? newdeal2 19 hrs ago #13
There is a big move for Dems to boycott the speech and run counter-programming Bluetus 17 hrs ago #37
I'm certain it will be a disastrous clusterfuck Hey Joe 19 hrs ago #14
It's going to be a recitation of grievances dflprincess 17 hrs ago #38
This is going to be a *multi-card* Bingo event. Buns_of_Fire 19 hrs ago #15
Dude will be loaded and high as a kite Johonny 19 hrs ago #16
The part about him winning Olympic gold in men's hockey will be entertaining. n/t flvegan 19 hrs ago #17
A coked up squirrel with a couple of hits of ketamine and adderall. Maybe Orrex won't have something to madinmaryland 18 hrs ago #19
Will he declare himself God? Or just assert his "unquestionable" authority? Grokenstein 18 hrs ago #20
I don't really care how long, I won't be listening. Bev54 18 hrs ago #21
May he finally have his Charlie Chapulin 17 hrs ago #23
Wouldn't it be incredible if he blows up an artery at the rostrum? mr715 17 hrs ago #24
It'd be Vance's dream come true. calimary 17 hrs ago #26
He'd have to look upset. mr715 17 hrs ago #27
LOVE it! calimary 17 hrs ago #30
I'd hate to be the aide in charge of changing and powdering them... mr715 17 hrs ago #36
You and me both, my friend! calimary 17 hrs ago #40
I hope it goes over 3 hours! BidenRocks 17 hrs ago #28
A new unit of Trump time measurement..... dobleremolque 17 hrs ago #32
Thanks for the warning. Hard pass. Javaman 17 hrs ago #33
The Grievance Influencer in Chief will have a lot to lie about. sop 17 hrs ago #34
.T here are several alternatives mountain grammy 17 hrs ago #35
This Huckleberry won't be watching, I have to clip my nails and clean some earwax... wcmagumba 17 hrs ago #39
His lies are getting longer lame54 17 hrs ago #41
2:58 J-9 17 hrs ago #42
I'm guessing 2 solid hours. It'll be difficult, physically, Ilsa 15 hrs ago #44
5 seconds of his blathering and bloviating... 3catwoman3 16 hrs ago #43
Slayed by the jawbone of an ass GusBob 4 hrs ago #46
Here is a preview of trump's "speech" tonight LetMyPeopleVote 1 hr ago #47
Good, wear his ass out misanthrope 1 hr ago #48
Clinton gave long speeches but BigmanPigman 1 hr ago #49
So were Hitler's. Ocelot II 51 min ago #51
list of grievances RANDYWILDMAN 12 min ago #54

Roy Rolling

(7,560 posts)
29. Lots of Words!
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:12 PM
17 hrs ago

The best words! The most beautiful of words! The same 100 words, repeated over and over for two hours!!!

I will pop popcorn to see him implode on DVR, after I finish watching any-other-show-on-TV.

The Democratic Alternative is a good choice to watch live. Because I root for the home team.

creon

(2,044 posts)
2. Who is he going to insult ?
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:24 PM
20 hrs ago

Peopel who watching can count the number of people he will insult

calimary

(89,499 posts)
22. But he'll still do it.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:01 PM
17 hrs ago

And he’ll insist it’s gonna be bigger and better and splashier than ever before, EVVERRR !!!

Sounds like a good time to check the ol’ litter box and make changes as needed. Our cats do appreciate a clean “bathroom”.

canetoad

(20,557 posts)
3. "We have so much to talk about"
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:27 PM
20 hrs ago

As though it's a two way street, not him bellowing and haranguing.

I have a cousin who shares many of trumps traits and habits. She would ring me and bleat, "I need someone to talk to" until I replied that no, she was looking for someone to talk AT.

Torchlight

(6,634 posts)
10. "We have so much to talk about" euquals "I want to bully specific people with name calling and a national tantrum"
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:57 PM
20 hrs ago

Maybe one day he will put on his big-boy pants and behave as an adult... but today is not that day. The bar he sets is: I'm not going shit my pants on national television." That's it... nothing else.

He and his He-Man Woman Haters Club will call it that succes. "See? He didn't shit his pants on national television! He's the greatest Preident ever!"

keep_left

(3,197 posts)
50. Yep. Those of us who grew up in the Cold War...
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 02:05 PM
55 min ago

...couldn't have imagined the irony of electing a (so-called) leader like Trump who gives interminable, Third-World-dictator-style speeches on the regular. We used to be a country that ridiculed such things.

Those Cubans in Miami have missed perhaps the most obvious similarity between Trump and Castro: their penchant for giving utterly interminable speeches, in Trump's case often filled to the brim with petty grievances. It's a similarity that I couldn't help but notice when Trump just couldn't give up the campaign even after becoming President. Somehow, we had elected a leader that behaved exactly like those we ridiculed during the Cold War.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219047120#post10

Hey Joe

(533 posts)
14. I'm certain it will be a disastrous clusterfuck
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 07:50 PM
19 hrs ago

of epic proportion.
He will make a total ass of himself because,
what else can he do?
I’m hoping it does even more damage to him and his presidency and there are more calls to apply the 25th amendment.

Buns_of_Fire

(19,091 posts)
15. This is going to be a *multi-card* Bingo event.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 07:50 PM
19 hrs ago

One card for people insulted, two cards for lies, one for self-aggrandization, and maybe one more for just plain weird crap (UFOs, whales done in by windmills, electric sharks, etc.).

I'm using Bingo because if you made this a drinking game, a lot of people would be passed out within the first fifteen minutes.

Johonny

(25,872 posts)
16. Dude will be loaded and high as a kite
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 07:51 PM
19 hrs ago

We've all seen upper Trump. He talk and talks and talks . . . Hard pass.

madinmaryland

(65,699 posts)
19. A coked up squirrel with a couple of hits of ketamine and adderall. Maybe Orrex won't have something to
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 08:57 PM
18 hrs ago

Start a thread with tomorrow.

Grokenstein

(6,322 posts)
20. Will he declare himself God? Or just assert his "unquestionable" authority?
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 08:57 PM
18 hrs ago

Seems like that's the last bit of American democracy he's got left to shit all over.

Charlie Chapulin

(378 posts)
23. May he finally have his
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:03 PM
17 hrs ago

long awaited Captain Queeg moment. And may the populace awaken from its too long somnambulant state.

mr715

(3,331 posts)
24. Wouldn't it be incredible if he blows up an artery at the rostrum?
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:06 PM
17 hrs ago

JD Vance and Speaker Johnson, one salivating, one rending his suit in lamentation

mr715

(3,331 posts)
27. He'd have to look upset.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:10 PM
17 hrs ago

I doubt he is a good actor. Both the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House would need new pants, for different accidental emissions.

calimary

(89,499 posts)
30. LOVE it!
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:12 PM
17 hrs ago

We can only hope…

But then again, I think Depends products come in large (or adult) size, too, don’t they?

dobleremolque

(1,115 posts)
32. A new unit of Trump time measurement.....
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:13 PM
17 hrs ago

in addition to the Scaramucci. The DSE Depends Saturation Event.

Vance leans over to Johnson as they sit behind him on the dais, and says: "Brace yourself. This is gonna be a 3 DSE speech."

mountain grammy

(28,890 posts)
35. .T here are several alternatives
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 09:16 PM
17 hrs ago

But I'll have him on with no sound in case he drops dead l wouldn't want to miss it

Ilsa

(64,134 posts)
44. I'm guessing 2 solid hours. It'll be difficult, physically,
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 11:13 PM
15 hrs ago

for him, but the attention and adoration will sustain him so he can go the distance!

LetMyPeopleVote

(177,801 posts)
47. Here is a preview of trump's "speech" tonight
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:28 PM
1 hr ago

If you watch this disaster, here is what you will hear

misanthrope

(9,454 posts)
48. Good, wear his ass out
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:51 PM
1 hr ago

The more he wears down, the more likelihood he will slip up and divulge something.

RANDYWILDMAN

(3,146 posts)
54. list of grievances
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 02:49 PM
12 min ago

which knowing this ahole could take forever

followed by feats for strength....Not watching


it would take that Clockwork orange eye opening machine and 10 people holding me down to watch it and even then....

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