America Applauds President Trump's State Of The Union

Included is the live-tweet timeline of Daniel Dale's as he fact-checked Trump during the speech:
After heaping insults upon Democrats, Trump calls for unity in State of the Union
By Daniel Dale, Washington Bureau Chief
Tues., Feb. 5, 2019

FactChecking the State of the Union
The president strayed from the facts, mainly on immigration and the economy.
By Eugene Kiely, Brooks Jackson, Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, D'Angelo Gore and Jessica McDonald, FactCheck.org
Posted on February 6, 2019

Fact-checking the State of the Union for 2019
By PolitiFact Staff on Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 at 11:59 p.m.

What is there to like from a man who lies constantly and who touts "unity" and "greatness" when all his actions are the opposite of that? Pretty words mean nothing when not backed up by action. When he calls for investigations to stop into him, his organizations and his presidential campaign, when he name calls, harasses and threatens those who are obligated Constitutionally to investigate him, are we supposed to just unthinkingly go along with it and not care about those who break the law? If he's innocent, he has nothing to fear; if he's guilty, no way in hell should we stop.

Partisan Audience Drives Approval of Trump’s Speech
While overall State of the Union approval was high among viewers, the audience was the most partisan since 2001.
By Alexa Lardieri, Staff Writer 
Feb. 6, 2019

According to a CBS News poll, 76 percent of viewers approved of the address, while 24 percent disapproved of it. Loyal supporters are more likely to watch a president's speech and according to a CNN poll, the audience for Tuesday's speech was the most partisan since 2001 making the results more favorable for the president.

Forty-three percent of viewers identifying as Republican and 24 percent identifying as Democrats. Thirty percent were independents, according to CBS.

Approval among Republicans was much higher than among Democrats, 97 percent compared to just 30 percent. Eighty-two percent of independents approved.

Jim Wright's thoughts on the speech:
State of Confusion
By Jim Wright, Stonekettle Station
February 6, 2019

Was the theme of the speech supposed to be irony?

The achievements he idolizes are long behind us, fifty years and more, the works of other people, other generations.

This bombastic fool and his halting empty words and his transparent promises of unity and cooperation and I’m left to wonder, what was that “mission” he led off with?

You didn’t forget about that, did you?

This mission of America, what is it?

I guess we’ll have to wait until next year to find out.