SOTU: Is It Over? Must Be. Here Comes Reaction

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: U.S. President Donald J. Trump delivers the State of the Union address as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (L) and Speaker of the House U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) (R) look on in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives January 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. This is the first State of the Union address given by U.S. President Donald Trump and his second joint-session address to Congress. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Here’s the problem with any Donald Trump speech. We have a year of hate, of divisiveness, of intolerance, of anger, of bigotry…we could go on… So when the President tries to act presidential, it just feels phony. Does anyone believe these words? Why would the American people buy it? We have too much history, boatloads of tweets and lies, and many tweets that are lies. Tonight came across like a badly written script performed by an actor stretching to be sincere in this reality show we call America. We’d love to know your thoughts. Here are some other reactions from bird-land:

http://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/958523251952676869

“Clean Coal” is like an “Honest Trump”. It doesn’t exist. #SOTU #StateOfTheUnion

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) January 31, 2018

This speech could have been given in 1950 or 1960. #SOTU

— Nope. (@JoyAnnReid) January 31, 2018

Nancy Pelosi is all of us. #SOTU pic.twitter.com/KIyTWZWe4d

— shauna (@goldengateblond) January 31, 2018

Fact Check: Chrysler is investing in a factory in Michigan, but that plan was in motion before Trump’s election https://t.co/AKdjxsQhyw

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 31, 2018

The notion that Guantanamo is worthwhile would be laughable if it wasn't so tragic. In addition to the incalculable human suffering, it costs taxpayers more than $445 million a year to detain the 41 men now there. #SOTU

— ACLU (@ACLU) January 31, 2018

Pres. Trump #SOTU: We repealed the core of disastrous Obamacare — the individual mandate is now gone.

FACT CHECK: False – The individual mandate of $695 is still in effect for those uninsured in 2018. The mandate ends in 2019

MORE: https://t.co/GypTPHme4m

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 31, 2018

Trump tells the people affected by natural disasters, specifically Puerto Rico, “We love you. We are with you”.
Tomorrow, FEMA officially shuts-off operations in Puerto Rico. https://t.co/xAhVZLpjwV

— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) January 31, 2018

Still can’t believe we have a racist in the WH in 2018… #SOTU

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) January 31, 2018

http://twitter.com/PolitiFact/status/958533547622567936

Trump reading the teleprompter is an odd thing. He always seems sort of surprised by the next words.

— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) January 31, 2018

http://twitter.com/HuffPost/status/958537090773540866

More people have been killed by Americans born domestic terrorists and mass shooters than illegal immigrants.

— Bakari Sellers (@Bakari_Sellers) January 31, 2018

People are wondering if there's a hidden meaning in the suit Melania Trump wore to the State of the Union https://t.co/YASRT6wOPn pic.twitter.com/ojf2nIqrJv

— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) January 31, 2018