I just came across this in the afternoon even though it was published earlier. It’s titled “‘It Was 90-Plus Minutes of Bad Moments’: 9 Opinion Writers on Trump’s Address to Congress.” Despite the headline and the graphic which suggests everyone hated Trump’s speech, he actually did get some praise from NY Times’ columnists. It’s grudging to be sure but it’s there.
Josh Barro Trump boasted of the sharp drop in migrant encounters at the southern border and mocked President Joe Biden’s insistence that better enforcement would require new laws, declaring, “It turned out that all we really needed was a new president.” An effective line on his strongest issue.
Frank Bruni Trump is on solid political ground — and in his comfort zone — when he talks about cracking down on illegal immigration. Among many lies, he truthfully said that fewer migrants…
