Speaking From The Heart, Trump's Speech Was All Democrats Feared It Would Be Investor's Business Daily, Jan 31, 2018
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After hearing Trump demonized and vilified in the media for the better part of a year, average Americans were no doubt surprised to hear a confident president with an extensive resume of successes express his love, admiration and, yes, devotion to the country he plainly loves a great deal.
"Over the last year, we have made incredible progress and achieved extraordinary success. We have faced challenges we expected, and others we could never have imagined," Trump said, very early in his speech. "We have shared in the heights of victory and the pains of hardship. We endured floods and fires and storms. But through it all, we have seen the beauty of America's soul, and the steel in America's spine."
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In almost all these cases, Trump focused on average Americans, real people. He seemed genuinely touched by their sense of duty and sacrifice. And by the possibility that their lives might be made better.
Pollster Frank Luntz, a frequent Trump critic who did not support him in 2016 —and who, as a numbers guy, is not known for his mawkish sentimentality — even tweeted the following: "Tonight, I owe Donald Trump an apology. Tonight, I was moved and inspired. Tonight, I have hope and faith in America again. It may go away tomorrow… But tonight, America is great again."
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