Name: Margaret Hoover - Trump’s Third State of the Union Is Unlike Any Other in History | The Daily Show
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you know, as somebody who said you're not happy

with where the Republican Party has gone,

you feel like it has become hyperpartisan,

people are afraid to stand up to the president.

because the president says things that some people like,

and there are moments when everybody stands.

So, as a Republican who's not a complete fan of Donald Trump,

to the legitimate president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó.

and by the way, Democrats applauded that moment.

and reunited with his son and his daughter.

It was one that was quite emotional for me.

But I was also quite angered by it as well because this man--

whose son was on the front lines in-in-in Iraq

when he was advocating for the surge strategy,

-and he wouldn't even mention him. -Right.

This man, the president of the United States,

and he is using the bravest and the most heroic among us

And so it was a mixed State of the Union.

It-it-it-it seems like Trump did a good job

I mean, some would argue most politicians do that.

Some would argue that's what the State of the Union is about.

But tonight seemed-- it seemed like he was really good

at going, "Hey, I know what you think about me,

"but I'm going to place these moments throughout the show

This is the game show State of the Union.

There was a car for every special interest group

And, by the way, some of these ideas I like.

I like the idea that an African-American girl

Every story, every car giveaway was a story about his greatness.

It wasn't about the greatness of the ideas or the people

or-or anything beyond his own next election,

and that is a departure from both Democrats and Republicans

-at State of the Unions in the past. -Many have said that.

Many have said the key difference between Trump

and what the vision for the country would be

My economy, my administration, my military."

He has made it about him, and some would argue that's because

The party of Lincoln is acting like a subsidiary of Trump Inc.,

Let me ask you this, then, going forward.

Tonight was one of those nights where people are now going

to base their punditry about the president's performance

and Trump is very good at reading on occasion.

He's gotten better over the last few years.

His reading has gotten a lot better, right?

But-but when you watch that speech, how much of it

did you think, "Oh, no, this-this is not... this is not

completely what Trump is about. This is just words"?

Like, did you feel like he's about unifying the country?

Did you feel that he's about everybody moving forward?

Did you feel like that, or did you feel like it was pageantry?

To a certain extent, all of these are pageantry, right?

and had more people of color in the gallery

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