# State of the Union 2018 follow-along thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 31, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846 "2018-01-31T00:03:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/121 "2018-01-31T03:11:51Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I gotta tell y’all: this is way easier to watch with [this](https://theofficialworldsgreatesttroll.com) sitting in front of the TV. You should have one of your caganers perched atop the screen. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/122 "2018-01-31T03:12:11Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Apparently our current nuclear arsenal just isn’t powerful enough for Cadet Bone Spurs. How does such a small hand push such a big button? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/123 "2018-01-31T03:12:43Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Apparently our current nuclear arsenal just isn’t powerful enough for Cadet Bone Spurs. He is so ignorant. He’ll be enhancing our nuclear capabilities just about the time Russia assumes control over them via computer hacking. _That’s_ how you enhance your nuclear capabilities. Dipshit. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/124 "2018-01-31T03:12:57Z")
I’d like to thank all the strong, heroic Dopers who are watching this so the rest of us who have weak constitutions don’t have to. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/125 "2018-01-31T03:14:28Z")
Now on to ISIS, now THERE is a group of brain-dead assholes (and many all-dead these days). ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/126 "2018-01-31T03:15:36Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’d like to thank all the strong, heroic Dopers who are watching this so the rest of us who have weak constitutions don’t have to. It’s really nothing different than a student council election. Look at how good I am. God loves us. Veterans will be fully supported, etc. It’s a list of items recited to show support for the under educated, which he’s stated he loves. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/127 "2018-01-31T03:15:55Z")
I just flipped over…figured I could stomach two minutes of Trump if I gritted my teeth enough. Is it me, or does his head look too big for his body? President Bobblehead… Can’t tell your enemies your plans if you have none, right, Donny? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/128 "2018-01-31T03:16:24Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Now on to ISIS, now THERE is a group of brain-dead assholes (and many all-dead these days). LOL, you really don’t understand that they all just squirted into Pakistan or Somalia? ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/129 "2018-01-31T03:16:52Z")
So far seems like a fairly typical modern SOTU address. Bring some guests, tell their personal stories, ra-ra-ra me, outline some policies you’re “calling on” Congress to pass, and tout your accomplishments. Basically what Obama did too, and Bush before him. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/130 "2018-01-31T03:17:47Z")
Right. “We no longer tell our enemies our plans.” which is why we need to tell everyone our nuclear arsenal is not quite up to snuff. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/131 "2018-01-31T03:17:49Z")
Random thought; they the Senators & Representatives should be forced to sit by state delegation instead of by party. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/132 "2018-01-31T03:17:56Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > LOL, you really don’t understand that they all just squirted into Pakistan or Somalia? “all”? Yeah, I really don’t understand that they “all” just squirted. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/133 "2018-01-31T03:18:02Z")
Oh, I don’t think that foreign policy idea is a good one. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/134 "2018-01-31T03:19:05Z")
I will concede that Trump did not screw up the ISIS campaign overall. Not sure “More Guantanamo” is so great though. Just one more cruel thing Trump supports. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/135 "2018-01-31T03:19:29Z")
> [@Simmerdown](#): > > Right. “We no longer tell our enemies our plans.” which is why we need to tell everyone our nuclear arsenal is not quite up to snuff. Do you think there’s a single government on the planet that doesn’t believe our nuclear arsenal is “up to snuff”? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/136 "2018-01-31T03:19:44Z")
Here comes the Axis of Stupid part. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/137 "2018-01-31T03:20:18Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > I just flipped over…figured I could stomach two minutes of Trump if I gritted my teeth enough. Is it me, or does his head look too big for his body?.. I don’t know about that, but I didn’t realize how much taller than Mike Pence Paul Ryan is. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/138 "2018-01-31T03:22:12Z")
I wish Trump would follow Otto’s example. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/139 "2018-01-31T03:22:31Z")
I know it’s been done for years, but I always hate the whole human prop thing where they use someone’s tragedy like this. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846/140 "2018-01-31T03:22:37Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Do you think there’s a single government on the planet that doesn’t believe our nuclear arsenal is “up to snuff”? Well, if he announces that we need to upgrade our nuclear arsenal, then I’d say it’s anybody’s guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-2018-follow-along-thread/807846.md?page=8)