Tonight Mr. Trump will be addressing the Joint Session of Congress. Although I do have trouble sitting through more than 5 minutes of his self-perpetuating megalomaniac rants, I will watch as much as I can.
My focus will only partially be on Trump’s message. It will be interesting to watch his body language and listen to his patronizing “kiss up” to whomever is there. We know, Donny, you love them and they love you. There has NEVER been anybody that loved them more than you.
As is tradition, he will bring his parade of “common Joes” to re-enforce his love for the same people that he demonized when he was among haters. Plan to see at least one black man/woman and one Mexican man/woman. My money is on no Muslims have been invited. Or, like many of his other invites, they have been offered but refused. They have integrity. The only children he will point out will be his own and someone’s grandkids.
I always hate the way he utilizes the hand movement called the “money gesture” or an Italian gesture called “The Ring”. His thumb and index fingers are pinched together at the tips. I have always found that gesture to be demeaning and condescending.
One of the more interesting traits of his speeches is how many adjectives he uses to describe things he’s trying to sell us on. He never makes a statement without qualifying it with an adjective follow-up. For a man that believes he’s saving us from disaster, he uses the words greatest, tremendous, magnificent and wonderful a lot, but that’s only when he refers to Trumptopia.
The words disastrous, horrendous, fake and badly will also permeate the hall tonight. After all, he is here to remind us of how horrible the world we live in is. These words will be used to describe Obamacare, immigration laws, regulations and the military. These are things he will either get rid of, or allot money for that doesn’t exist.
He has very quick eye movement behind narrow openings. He very seldom makes eye contact with people when speaking to groups. When I coach my speech kids, I tell them that when they don’t make eye contact when speaking, it’s like a duck hunter shooting a bullet in the air and hoping a duck flies into it. Tonight, you will notice that he will speak to the Right side of the room (his left) and the balcony where his closest allies are seated. I believe this is a sign of his need to only connect with only people that are in his fold.
The seating for this event is as traditional as they come. The Democrats sit on the left of the aisle and The Republicans sit on the right side facing the podium. Behind him will be seated Pence and Ryan. I’m going to watch and see if Ryan squirms and if Pence displays any emotion other than sullen or smiling. I keep thinking there’s an alien living inside his plastic looking body.
Whenever Mr. Trump makes certain points of how he will make “America Great Again” the protocol is that the side of the aisle that represents his party stands up and applauds. Since many of his statements will be controversial, we’ll see who has drunk the Kool-Aid. This will give us more of an indication of how things in Washington are REALLY going than anything the White House has released.
Don’t think he’ll mention Russia but may bring the fake press up.
Whatever the outcome, it’s a major event for the direction our country will go. I believe it will ignite more protests with people continuing to demand that our voices be heard. The world will be listening.
One last thing…I hope that after the first 5 sniffs, someone gets him either a handkerchief or a blood test.
Well, you hit that one right on!!! When’s the blood test?
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