February 27, 2026
President Donald Trump on Friday said he is "thinking about" putting Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on the Supreme Court, joking about the senator's approval with Democrats.
President Donald Trump on Friday said he is "thinking about" putting Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on the Supreme Court, joking about the senator's approval with Democrats.
BUT !
The overall presentation seemed near comedically staged.
a) There was a live if tiny audience, a conspicuously papered house.
b) They'd have seemed alarmingly zombie-like if without reaction. BUT !
perhaps due to time constraints etc., the entire presentation including audience reaction seemed quite scripted, choreographed.
That's an issue of style, not substance.
On substance (if any) President Trump's SOU seemed unimpressive.
Bottom line, this close to election, the U.S. seems alarmingly adrift. Republican acquiescence fuels the Trump juggernaut.
The U.S. and Israel are reportedly pummeling Iran.
One of the risks of too severely weakening Iran is leaving Iran vulnerable to its neighbors.
And Iran is located in a dangerous neighborhood.
Trump / Netanyahu may not be s a v v y enough to accommodate this consequence.
Perhaps those under President Trump's command are.
In public statement Trump suggests he (Trump) is naïve enough to believe
“Operation Epic Fury” will create an Iran which will adopt a new, U.S. friendly regime.
Wouldn't that be lovely.
* Strike Iran hard enough to displace the bad guy regime there,
without simply preparing Iran to be taken over by a replacement regime that's as bad or worse.