The Great Wall of America got a mention as did Radical. Islamic. Terrorism. Pauses for emphasis notable. No ‘beachhead for terrorism’ will get a foothold in Trump Americanus. All in all it was a more coherent and certainly tidier package than he delivered on the campaign trail but the big question is how the Trump administration is going to both cut taxes and yet spend more money. Details to be revealed at a later date. There were conciliatory notes about cross-party working, the by-now ritual digs at his predecessor, reference but no detail to ‘tragic foreign policy disasters’ — and Obamacare, which is a hydra proving harder than expected to vanquish. With this address the world is seeing a slightly more polished Trump but the messages, all of them, remain much the same. Turning a single speech into political reality is now the challenge ahead. Good luck, Mr President.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 2nd, 2017.
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