the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist
“The emancipation of the working class will only be achieved by the working class itself.”
— Karl Marx
March 2, 2026
For the millions of people who chose not to watch Trump’s State of the Union speech, they missed a spectacle that was worthy of an Academy Award. The category being: “The Best Fantasy That Nobody Could Believe.”
Trump’s speech was the longest State of the Union ever, which meant that Trump probably set a record for the most lies ever told by a politician in one speech.
Trump said that the economy was “roaring like never before.” The economy certainly is “roaring” for Wall Street and corporate profits. But for all the young people who can’t find a decent job or have to work two or three jobs just to trying to survive, “roaring” is probably not the word they would use.
Trump said that inflation is down and prices are “plummeting” on things like food, rent, health care and automobiles. Food prices are down? Billionaire Trump, who was born with a golden spoon in his lying mouth, has probably never shopped in a grocery store in his entire life; his private chefs do that. But for all the rest of us, when we go to the grocery store these days, we have to make hard choices about what we can afford and can’t afford. Rent and automobile prices are down? On what planet? Not this one! Trump said that gas is selling for $1.99 a gallon. Maybe Trump should tell us all where that gas station is!
The old expression was “Don’t piss on my leg and tell me it’s raining.” In Trump’s State of the Union speech, when he talked about prices going down, he certainly was pissing on ordinary working people who had the misfortune to watch his speech.