President Trump's First Address to Congress **live commentary thread**

[SteveRogers]

Well, Trump, my family and I were finally able to get health insurance thanks to the ACA and prior we couldn't, yes it isn't perfect but keep the damn law.

A repeal and replace of Obamacare doesn't mean that the provisions that helped your family get insured will be thrown out. Of course, you know that, but I'd imagine the adrenaline of panic has you hooked.

Oh, so do you know what provisions will be thrown out and which ones won't? Neat. Please share!

[SteveRogers]

Increasing defense spending is so stupid.

We have to increase it a bit. Obama made a mockery out of it. Making fun of them, depleting our veterans. It was time.

Do you know anything at all about defense spending under Obama? Can you give specific examples of how Obama "made a mockery of it?"

[SteveRogers]

Increasing defense spending is so stupid.

We have to increase it a bit. Obama made a mockery out of it. Making fun of them, depleting our veterans. It was time.

Do you know anything at all about defense spending under Obama? Can you give specific examples of how Obama "made a mockery of it?"

Um..Steve, remember the sequester? Remember his 2008 and 2012 DNC speeches, remember his bashing of American military in '08 before the Wright story came out, and he had to change his tune, the civilian force that he wanted?

Sure, the sequester slowed the growth of defense spending for a period. First of all that wasn't Obama's fault. Second, while I would have preferred more precise cuts than what the budget "compromise" in 2011 forced, we can certainly afford to trim some fat from the military's budget. The idea that any and all cuts to defense spending constitute a "making a mockery" of the military is absurd. The continual quagmire in the Middle East has nothing to do with the fact that we haven't built as many F-35s or cool destroyers as we planned.

And no, I don't remember Obama ever "bashing" the troops in any speech. You're just parroting tired and generic Republican talking points and equating any and all criticisms of the Iraq war to troop bashing.

[SteveRogers]

I was really going to make an effort to watch this speech, but then I saw this morning that Spicer announced that Trump definitely wouldn't be going into any real policy specifics in this speech. Anything worth watching?