‘More bluster than substance’: Observers on Trump’s speech to US Congress

‘More bluster than substance’: Observers on Trump’s speech to US Congress
- March 5, 2025
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and political science, Channel NewsAsia, March 5, 2025
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“I heard a very long speech … and also one that was more of a campaign speech than a speech to Congress,” said political science professor Louis DeSipio from the University of California, Irvine. “I was trying to keep track and I only really saw four specific ‘asks’. Usually these speeches are heavy on: ‘With your help, I can do the following, and your help means a vote from Congress’. Mostly, he said he was going to solve problems or had solved them already,” DeSipio noted.
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