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Chuck Schumer: last night was not America's State of the Union. It was Donald Trump's state of delusion. For 2 long hours the President…

On the recordFebruary 25, 2026
last night was not America's State of the Union. It was Donald Trump's state of delusion. For 2 long hours the President stood in the House Chamber congratulating himself, inflating his own ego, but offering no solutions to our country's many problems. He is in a bubble. He doesn't even have a clue about what the average American family is going through. Donald Trump patted himself on the back so many times I thought he would fall down. While Donald Trump kept claiming that "America is back" and that we are winning so much we don't know what to do about it, that is only half true. We are not winning so much, but he sure has no idea what to do about the problems in America, and he admitted it right there himself. People back home were asking something different than what the speech addressed. They are asking: What about my electricity bill? How am I going to pay for my groceries? How am I going to afford a doctor? Donald Trump ignored all these things during his speech last night. Frankly, I have never heard a State of the Union speech--and I have heard quite a few--where the President's rhetoric and the country's reality were so far apart.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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Criticizing Donald Trump's State of the Union address.

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