 So I wasn't initially planning on watching or talking about the state of the union, but since I'm a sucker for punishment I decided to tune in and I really really wish I would have trusted my gut and not watched it because it's just It's just a reminder that America is so stupid and we really are an empire in decline Because Donald Trump as much as we hate him. He is the perfect representation of American politics currently It's chaotic. It's it's dysfunctional. It's an oligarchic system with a billionaire as president It's just it's a joke and it really is the moralizing to see this play out. I mean you see this Basically circle jerk if it leads get in one room and they applaud everything that you know Donald Trump says if they're Republican they sit down if they're Democrat and don't applaud what he says unless he's Cheering on in illegal coup in Venezuela than everyone's cheering. It's just it's a goddamn shit show And I don't know how else to describe it. So the first thing that I can't not point out is the The plethora of lies that Donald Trump told I mean it was just lie after lie after lie It's not surprising, but we should never become accustomed to this and not normalize it This really is unacceptable. He claimed that you know He lifted people off of the food stamp program Which is a really charitable way of saying that he cut food stamps and kicked a lot of people off of the program because as you all know That's exactly what his administration has done On top of that he lied about health care. He claims that there are now cheaper and better health insurance plans. I Haven't seen them. He claims that he'd never allow a socialist takeover of our health care to which the GOP Tweeted out socialism would destroy American health care, but unless you click to expand this image. It just looks like this So needless to say they deleted this tweet and on the subject of health care He claimed that you know, he's going to protect people with pre-existing conditions Meanwhile, he won't address the fact that his administration is suing to dismantle protections for people with pre-existing conditions When it comes to health care for undocumented immigrants He asked Democrats to join him in passing a bill that would deny them health care So in other words in the event someone is here illegally and they happen to get in an accident and they're bleeding out Donald Trump is perfectly fine with them dying because they're here illegally so I mean there's nothing we can do and Right after saying that he then went on to say quote every human life is a gift from God The irony just went right over his head So he says that in one breath Meanwhile, we are dropping bombs on babies Or Saudi Arabia is dropping bombs on babies at least and we gave them those bombs But every human life is a gift from God Brilliant. I mean does anybody buy this bullshit? Does anybody take this? Process seriously the state of the union. It's just it's it's hollow it. It's meaningless It is absolutely meaningless and you know, you see the lack of bipartisanship play out by Republicans applauding for every single thing he says and Democrats kind of just sitting there angrily Not not applauding him or reading the Constitution if you're Jerry Nadler because that'll certainly show him But I mean you see this facade of anger at Donald Trump all collapse When he champions Juan Guaido and brings him there and Is essentially trying to legitimize this attempt to do a coup that is illegal in Venezuela I mean watch Nancy Pelosi. She sat there the whole time Basically not reacting to much of what Trump was doing But she couldn't wait to stand up and applaud Donald Trump when he mentioned Guaido We are supporting the hopes of Cubans Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to restore democracy the United States is leading a 59 nation diplomatic coalition against the socialist dictator of Venezuela Nicholas Maduro Maduro is an illegitimate ruler a tyrant who brutalizes his people But Maduro's grip on tyranny will be smashed and broken Here this evening. It's a very brave man Who carries with him the hopes dreams and aspirations of all Venezuelans? Joining us in the gallery is the true and legitimate president of Venezuela Juan Guaido Mr. President, please take this message back to you. Thank you. Mr. President great honor. Thank you very much Please take this message back that all Americans are united with the Venezuelan people in their righteous struggle for freedom Thank you very much, Mr. President. Thank you very much But in spite of that you had a lot of yasqueeners online who absolutely loved when Nancy Pelosi decided to Tear up his speech notes So we got that epic moment this year, but last year remember this Us queen yasqueen listen before you yasqueen her Let me put this all in perspective for you This is the same individual who just approved NAFTA 2.0 for him who just approved his space force, which is useless Who just gave him even more money for the military Maybe before you yasqueen Nancy Pelosi Really do a full evaluation Thoroughly as to whether or not she's doing a great job at resisting him Do yourself a favor and do that On top of that, you know speaking of the resistance we had Democrat slash Republican light senator Kirsten Sinema stand up and cheer for Donald Trump when he boasted about his tax cuts for the rich I mean at this point I don't know why you don't just join the Republican Party if you have such an affinity for them and their policies and what they do Another just bizarre moment was when Donald Trump brought on Rush Limbaugh to honor him This is someone who is a racist who has said absolutely morally reprehensible things But because he's sick now We're supposed to feel sorry for him and not you know talk about the negative impact He's had on our country for decades now. I mean how Embarrassing and stupid and Rush Limbaugh kept doing this weird like To Donald Trump. I just I hate everything about this. I hate every single thing about this And I really wish I didn't watch it and then towards the end you have Republicans basically a Greeting Donald Trump or seeing him out as he leaves and it's as if he's a rock star They're literally asking him for his fucking autograph. Not kidding Oh Oh Mr. President was so good. Oh, mr. President, please sign this for me Oh, it was Reagan asked They don't care how colty it seems. These are pigs who Will let Donald Trump take a dump on them if he offered willingly so and you know if you weren't sick and tired of the Republican display at the State of the Union then afterwards you could tune into the democratic response from Gretchen Whitmer who as Alex Koch points out is a Democratic governor whose father was the CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and She is going to represent the party where healthcare is one of the top issues for voters I mean, this is why people tune out This is why people have checked out of politics and why a third of the country just doesn't vote We have a clown as present overseeing an absolutely insane fascistic party and then we have liberal elites who yas queen everything that Nancy Pelosi does and They're absolutely ineffectual at combating the most disgusting and harmful policies long-lasting policies of Donald Trump Namely all these federal appointments that he's been making which she absolutely boasted about They're allowing this so I mean it's just our system is so rotten to the core and I just I don't know How anyone can watch this and come away thinking wow, I'm so proud to be an American right now Like who thinks that when they watch this? I mean, I'm sure it's the same boomers who support Donald Trump and vote for him But I mean overall if you are a demoralized voter and you don't really tend to vote What about this process is going to make you feel encouraged? I mean the point of this State of the Union really it's a tradition because it's meant to legitimize American democracy legitimize the process, you know even though we have our disagreements We come together at the end of the day and we respect the office of the presidency and you know We stand up and applaud him when he says these platitudes and you know boasts about his agenda But at the end of the day, it's meaningless because people's lives aren't really changing Donald Trump boasts about how wonderful of a job he's doing and sucks his own cock for an hour But he's not actually changing shit for normal working-class Americans and Democrats aren't helping because they're not very great at resisting even though they are the main opposition party I mean, this is why fascism is always able to take advantage of Liberals and liberal parties is because I mean In a way, they enable it, right? So this was a shit show. I expected it It's why I initially wasn't going to to watch but regardless there you have it Mike is the worst progressive on YouTube. Please don't subscribe to him or become a patron David Dole is so much better. Trust me folks. He's doing a great job. He really is okay