CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 19, 2025
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PRIME TIME SPEECH WEDNESDAY NIGHT LOOKED AND SOUNDED LIKE ONE OF HIS RALLIES. WHEN A PRESIDENT SPEAKS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, HE NEEDS TO CONVEY A TONE OF SERIOUSNESS AND CALM. INSTEAD, HE YELLED AND SPOKE QUICKLY, JUMPING FROM ONE TOPIC TO ANOTHER AND BRAGGING.
HE BEGAN BY PLAYING THE BLAME GAME, SAYING JOE BIDEN WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPEN BORDER, HIGH GAS PRICES AND INFLATION. TRUE ENOUGH, BUT WHY DWELL ON THE PAST? VOTERS WANT TO KNOW WHAT HE WILL DO ABOUT THE FUTURE.
THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WAS SENDING $1776 CHECKS TO MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY. HE CLAIMS THE MONEY WILL COME FROM TARIFFS, BUT THERE IS DISAGREEMENT, EVEN AMONG SOME REPUBLICANS, WHETHER TARIFFS WILL PROIDE ENOUGH MONEY TO DO ALL THE THINGS THE PRESIDENT CLAIMS THEY WILL.
YES, GAS PRIOCES ARE WAY DOWN FROM A YEAR AGO. GROCERY PRICES FOR SOME ITEMS ARE STARTING TO DROP. HOUSING COSTS REMAIN HIGH, BUT MORTGAGE RATES ARE LOWER THAN LAST YEAR.
THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE AND THE PACE OF THE SPEECH ALONG WITH HIS SHOUTING MADE IT HARD TO KEEP UP. A VIEWER MIGHT THINK HE WAS IN A HURRY TO HAVE DINNER OR GET TO BED.
SO OFTEN THE PRESIDENT’S TONE GETS IN THE WAY OF SUBSTANCE. BY NOW HE SHOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED AT THAT, BUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT HE DIDN’T. I’M CAL THOMAS.
