Subject: Re: Watching Speech now
I watched the whole, record long, speech. Actually, pretty light on policy. Probably less whining than about 99% of his speeches. Two Medal of Honor presentations, and a medal for a Coastie.

There are some things that we all should be able to agree on. When he talked about passing the legislation to ban Congresspeople trading on insider information, I saw Elizabeth Warren applauding. But that was the only time. When he said the government's first priority should be protecting citizens, not illegals, almost all the Dems stayed seated. Couldn't believe it. We should all be able to agree on that. Just as we should all be able to agree that local authorities should cooperate in enforcing immigration laws. If there is some aspect of the law they don't like, change the law, don't ignore it.

On the tariffs, he said the silent part out loud. When he started that tariff program, a year ago, I said, on the Fool, that he was trying to turn the clock back to 1910, when much of the government's revenue was raised by tariffs, and there was no income tax.

Congressional action will not be necessary. It’s already time-tested and approved. And as time goes by, I believe the tariffs, paid for by foreign countries, will, like in the past, substantially replace the modern-day system of income tax, taking a great financial burden off the people that I love.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/0...

The "Trump Accounts" he is touting are a warmed over version of Obama's "MyRA". iirc, enrollment in the "MyRA" was low, and the costs high. Trump cancelled the MyRA program in 2017. Now, he reintroduces it, and calls it his own.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Steve