Trump’s Speech Was a Nationalist, Anti-Immigrant, Socialism-Hating Game Show

The 2020 State of the Union didn’t bother sneering at impeachment. Trump took a different sort of victory lap—one heavy on spectacle.

Asawin Suebsaeng 

Senior Political Reporter

Spencer Ackerman 

Contributing Editor

Sam Brodey 

Deputy Politics Editor

Published Feb. 4 2020 11:31PM EST 

Asawin Suebsaeng

Senior Political Reporter

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