Raging Trump shows his true colours during rare address | US | News
President Donald Trump came out swinging at his predecessor in his address to the nation, boldly touting the remarkable progress made under his leadership over the past year: “Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess, and I’m fixing it,” he emphatically declared Wednesday night. “…We made the worst trade deals ever made, and our country was laughed at around the world, but they aren’t laughing anymore.”
The president further strengthened his claim, adding: “But they’re not laughing anymore. Over the past 11 months, we’ve brought more positive changes to Washington than any administration in American history.”
In a striking move, President Trump’s team produced a chart showing the impressive price declines and wage increases that took place under his watch.
President blames Democrats for skyrocketing health insurance costs
Directly targeting his political rivals, Trump said, “Democratic politicians also set food prices. I’m sorry, but we’re fixing that, too.”
During the highly anticipated national address, Trump focused on the crucial issue of affordability, clearly placing the blame for the staggering rise in health insurance costs on Democrats.
“The current Affordable Care Act was created to make insurance companies rich,” Trump chided, without taking a hard line. “You see that now with the high increases in premiums that are being requested by Democrats, and they are demanding those increases, and it’s their fault.”
Trump’s ‘biggest hits’ aim to strengthen base
The president minced no words as he made the point, stating clearly: “It’s not the Republicans’ fault, it’s the Democrats’ fault, it’s the Affordable Care Act.”
In a bold proposal, Trump suggested that health care subsidies should go directly to the American people, rather than lining the pockets of insurance companies.
But Trump’s latest speech “mesmerized” Sky News US correspondent Mark Stone, not because of his groundbreaking statements but because of the sense of “anger and disappointment” he felt in his speech.
Despite speculation that the US president might make a major statement regarding Venezuela, Stone notes that the speech instead rehashed “greatest hits” familiar themes.
This furious performance comes amid troubling poll numbers for Trump, which Stone described as “really, really bad” and showing that the president is “somewhat losing his base across the country.”
