President Trump gave a remarkably measured speech on U.S. relations with Iran on Wednesday morning.
“For far too long, all the way back to 1979, to be exact, nations have tolerated Iran’s destructive and destabilizing behavior in the Middle East and beyond,” Trump announced. “Those days are over.”
Yet Trump indicated that he doesn’t plan to escalate tensions with Iran, following the killing of Iranian terrorist leader Qassem Soleimani and Iran’s response of launching missiles at U.S. airbases in Iraq that inflicted no casualties.
The speech should have been an opportunity for liberals and conservatives to unite in a shared hope that we don’t go to war with Iran.
Instead of focusing on the content of his speech, however, critics chose instead to roast Trump for his diction. “Adderall” started trending on Twitter, and the resistance commentary moved from ridiculous foreign policy takes to mere mockery.
“Tolerited” pic.twitter.com/2oDBNibR6Y
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 8, 2020
Omg. “Tol-er-IDED”. Tolerated? Is that what Sniffy McAdderall is talking about? #Trumpspeech #SniffyMcAdderall https://t.co/xpnc5EL6Br
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) January 8, 2020
Donald Trump’s day so far:
– Slurs his way through lifeless, confused, Adderall-laced speech about #IranAttacks
– Sounds half dead
– Gives away classified intel
– #IvotedforHillaryClinton
– Fuck Trump, fuck his supporters
– Trump is going to prison
– It’s still only noon— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) January 8, 2020
Threat.
Sniff.
Lie.
Brag.
Mispronunciation.
Sniff.
Brag.
Sniff.
Brag.
Slurred something.
Threat.
Brag.
Threat.
Lie.
Bye.#TrumpSpeech #TrumpsWar— Lita Smith-Mines ? (@LitaTweets) January 8, 2020
The speech could have been a good launching point for a productive discussion on foreign policy. Instead, it was just one more opportunity to virtue signal by mocking Trump.
