# DOUG SCHOEN: Trump's speech revealed Republicans strength, Democrats' weakness | Fox News

The starkest impact made by  to a joint session of Congress was the boldness of his vision and the absolute absence of any alternative from the Democratic Party.

Whether you voted for Trump or not last November, it was hard on Tuesday night not to see someone seeking to put his agenda into practice. The president made clear to lawmakers, and indeed the world, that his overarching goal is American renewal and the reinvigoration of the American Dream.

As an American patriot who remembers JFK’s inaugural address in 1961, and remembers  in 1980, it’s hard not to see the president’s speech in the same terms.



To be sure, the challenges the president faces are no less great. It remains unclear, at the very least, whether he will succeed in bringing down inflation, getting prices under control, ending the war in Ukraine and reasserting American strength both at home and abroad. There is no reason to believe, after his speech to Congress, that he is any closer to accomplishing his goals than he was before.

Still, it is very hard for anyone who is a neutral observer to do anything other than recognize the forward-looking, expansive nature of Trump's vision.

At the same time, it does not appear to me that the political party that I continue to belong to, with increasing difficulty, has any answers at all.

We are no closer to solving our problems, as the polls have shown recently. But we did get a vision on Tuesday night. We did get a clear sense that we have a president who is a bold, transformational leader dedicated to revitalizing the American Dream. Whether he succeeds or not is still very much up to question.

People of goodwill can and will disagree with his policy descriptions. But on this night, it was hard not to be proud of the vision he laid out for the renewal of the American Dream.



We are no closer to solving our problems, as the polls have shown recently. But we did get a vision on Tuesday night. We did get a clear sense that we have a president who is a bold, transformational leader dedicated to revitalizing the American Dream. Whether he succeeds or not is still very much up to question.

People of goodwill can and will disagree with his policy descriptions. But on this night, it was hard not to be proud of the vision he laid out for the renewal of the American Dream.


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