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Greatest speech by any president ever. Most professional. The democrats really showed their butts again. You know, wonder what... it feels like to be a dumb butt democrat now? I bet they hate life.

The seals wife seemed pleased with the president drawing attention to his sacrifice. I think we should except her response at face value. It should become our response.

I worked in construction for years. When you are building something you have to keep in mind that every day that you go to work you are solving the problems that present themselves that day, it may be getting the foundation finished so you can start framing the building, or whatever the next phase might be. You have to keep in mind that you can't allow the problems that come to stop you. This man Trump is a builder and developer, he understands building. Some people in this country are not builders, they are users, and demolishers, they know how to tear things down. If nothing else they will try to stop construction by sitting down in the way until they are moved. A seasoned developer will solve the problem of the hinders of his project in due time.

Trump Just Used The Death Of The SEAL He Got Killed As An Applause Line

President Trump tonight received fawning reviews from the media that he had decried as "fake news" for his kind treatment of Chief Petty Officer William "Ryan" Owens' widow at tonight's joint address to Congress.

All of a sudden, Trump was "presidential" for doing what any decent human would have done. But he couldn't hold himself together the entire time � like a hungry addict, he was intoxicated by the applause that Congress gave to honor Carryn Owens and her husband's memory, and threw in a little ratings ad-lib:

And Ryan is looking down right now, you know that, and he's very happy because I think he just broke a record.

Ryan shouldn't be looking down at all, Trump, because you casually gave the order to go ahead with that mission at dinner without "without sufficient intelligence, ground support or adequate backup preparations," as military officials said you did.

For Trump to exploit Owens' grieving widow for a photo-op and then joke about applause duration is one of the more despicable things he's ever done � and it's a long list.

If he really wanted to honor Owens' memory, he would take responsibility for giving the order and take responsibility for his death, instead of blaming first President Obama and then his generals for the disaster, as he did this very morning:

This was something that was, you know, just they wanted to do. And they came to see me and they explained what they wanted to do. My generals are the most respected that we've had in many decades, I believe, and they lost Ryan."

If he wanted to honor Owens' memory, Trump would open an investigation into the mission as Owens' father demands that he do.

If Trump really wanted to honor Owens' memory, he wouldn't have lied to the American people and admitted that the raid had been a failure.

"Ryan was a part of a highly successful raid that generated large amounts of vital intelligence that will lead to many more victories in the future against our enemies" said Trump during tonight's speech.

The primary objective of capturing al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) leader Qassim al-Rimi failed. It's not even clear he was ever present, but al-Rimi did later release an audio message mocking the "White House's new fool."

Officials have admitted that the secondary objective � intelligence gathering � was also a failure. Owens and nearly thirty civilians, including ten children, lost their lives for nothing.

If Trump wanted to honor Owens' memory, he wouldn't have used his death as a cheap shield to stave off any criticism about his decision. "I think anybody who undermines the success of that raid, owes an apology and disservice to the life of Chief Owens" complained Press Secretary Sean Spicer about Sen. John McCain's legitimate questions about the raid.

If Trump wanted to honor Owens' memory, he wouldn't have used his death to invent a fake story about a reporter who published a story Trump didn't like and then leaked it to a right-wing propaganda outlet.

Owens knew he might not come back from this raid, and went because it was his duty to his country. He made the ultimate sacrifice because that's what he swore he would do should it come to it.

Now it's time for Trump to do his duty to his country and uphold to oath that he swore. He needs to behave like a President. He needs to respect the Constitution. He needs to listen to his intelligence briefings and learn as much as he can because the hundreds of thousands of American soldiers are out there, trusting that their leader will make the best-informed decisions he can to keep our nation safe and to keep them alive.

And for the love of all that is holy, he needs to not do things like use a grieving widow for feel-good publicity and then use Congress' veneration of a fallen soldier to make a quip about his "gd"applause ratings.

Colin Taylor

Colin Taylor is the managing editor of Occupy Democrats. He graduated from Bennington College with a Bachelor's degree in history and political science. He now focuses on advancing the cause of social justice and equality in America.

This is about honoring the wife of a fallen soldier.

The real Democrats on Display

I really liked the part where he said:

People stand or people sit. In my entire lifetime I have not judged folks for that. They either support a thing or do not. It does not mean that they are wrong or right. Imagine if you lived in the U.K. Where folks are generally rowdy and yell all the time. Not dissing them, but, to judge sitting or standing...really?

Those that didn't stand just let us see that they are just out for themselves. Any reasonable person would know to honor the sacrifice that this family has made.

Agreed!

As Mark Rubio said, a bit ago, the speech was "presidential." Most Republicans would agree and I think some Democrats. I understand that he is disliked, even hated, by some democrats, but when the widow of the Navy seal spoke and many Democrats didn't stand defined the depth to which the party now in power is hated. I am confident some Democrats will work with him to solve some of the problems our country faces. We, as a nation, have to do something before we become a 3rd world power.