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Dulcinea

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Thu Dec 18, 2025, 07:36 AM Thursday

Takeaways from Trump's year-end address to the nation

WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump used a pre-holiday address from the White House on Wednesday to portray his first year in office as a success story, even as Americans worry about the economy and Republicans face tough ​midterm elections in 2026.

Here are four takeaways from the speech:

BIDEN, BIDEN, BIDEN

Trump began his remarks with 14 words that captured the central theme ‌of the night: "Good evening, America. Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess, and I'm fixing it."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/takeaways-trumps-end-address-nation-040251335.html

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To summarize: Me good. Democrats bad. TheFarseer Thursday #1
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