Democrats accuse president’s address of litany of lies as Republicans hail his bullish claims about year back in office
Congressional Democrats lined up on Tuesday night to call Donald Trump a liar and Republicans said America had never been greater. The country’s longest-ever State of the Union address had ended, and the two parties had, again, watched entirely different speeches.
Trump’s address ran for nearly two hours, with the president touching on tariffs, border security, military recruitment and energy production, among other topics. He told the country the economy was booming, inflation was under control and a golden age was at hand, but Democrats were not persuaded.
“Donald Trump told us that the economy is ‘wonderful’ and that everything is ‘affordable’,” said Representative Brad Sherman, a Democrat from California. “And if you believe that, then you probably believe he was faithful to all three of his wives.”
Sherman also said the address was “the longest and worst State of the Union in our country’s history”.
