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Trump’s Speech, Part One: Great Optics

Bill Whittle Network

Bill Whittle Network

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4.9720 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump’s Address to the nation on Tuesday was by all accounts a tremendous hit. But one hotly-debated issue remains: could the Republican optics have gotten any better… or could the Democrats optics have gotten any worse? Join our crack team of elite anti-elitists by becoming a member or making a one-time donation right here: https://billwhittle.com/register/

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There were two moments that captured the impact and the strategy behind President Trump's

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address to Congress this week.

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We'll discuss both of them on this episode of Right Angle.

0:10.4

I'm Scott Ott with Bill Whittle and Stephen Green.

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And this episode, like all the others, is brought to you by the members at Bill Whittle.com

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that make Right Angle possible.

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Gentlemen, I saw two moments that I think crystallized the way President

0:24.9

Trump went about this speech and not only his intention, but his strategic development process,

0:32.0

the way he made this such an impactful moment in presidential speech making. Number one was when DJ Daniel,

0:41.8

who was a 13-year-old boy who had been diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and whose lifetime dream

0:48.6

was to become a police officer. The president pointed out that DJ had actually been

0:53.6

made an honorary police officer by several police departments around the country.

0:59.2

His proud father stood next to him wearing a red, white, and blue shirt and holding a cowboy hat in his hand.

1:05.2

And then he said, and I'm paraphrasing, DJ, we'd like to pay you an even greater honor tonight.

1:12.2

The new secretary or the new director of the Secret Service is with us and he is going to make

1:18.1

you a Secret Service agent.

1:21.0

The dad picks up the boy, he was a rather small boy, picks him up as the director of the

1:26.5

Secret Service, hands him this badge in a little

1:29.2

wallet, you know, the kind they open and flash on TV shows. The child is stunned and thrilled.

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And while everybody is applauding, the child leans over and talks to the Secret Service

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director a couple times, no idea what he was saying,

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but as the dad was lowering DJ down, DJ reached over and embraced the director of the Secret Service

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