Trump Sums Up Biden's State of the Union Speech Perfectly Right After it Ends
President Joe Biden delivered what his critics hope and believe will be his final State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress, but his supporters appear to have embraced it.
Left-leaning Politico expressed enthusiasm, stating that it was "hard to imagine how the SOTU could’ve gone much better for Biden," although they acknowledged that it was a "reelection speech wrapped in the ceremonial pomp of a SOTU address."
Predictably, former President Donald Trump was less than impressed.
Equally predictably, Trump wasn't the only American critical of Biden's speech.
According to a CNN poll, over 60 percent of Americans who watched Biden’s speech viewed it favorably, with just over half of that number reacting "very positively."
Of particular significance for Biden, 81 percent of independent voters saw him as more presidential after the State of the Union address.
"Before the speech, 51% of independents expressed at least some confidence in Biden’s ability to carry out his duties, and that rose to 68% among the same group of independents after the speech," the outlet reported. "Perceptions of Biden’s ability to carry out the duties of the presidency did not change significantly among either Democrats or Republicans who tuned in."