Trump's Answer: The Buck Doesn't Stop Here!

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Did you see Trump last night?

He blamed everyone but himself! You know that President Truman said, "The Buck Stops Here!" Trump, "the buck stops over their, not here, never here..."

For Trump credit flows up, blame flows down, if something goes well: “I did it.” and if it goes badly: staff, the courts, the deep state, the media, Democrats, RINOs, Biden, Obama, globalists — pick one.

For Trump he always makes the attacks on policy failures, personal “They’re attacking me” and

“They’re afraid of me” He never says “I was wrong” or “my decision caused this.”

Eleven months in and he is still blaming President Biden, funny how when Biden was just months in office Trump was blaming Biden but now eleven months in to his adminstration he still is blaming Biden.

But it is not working! People are seeing through his rhetoric! His supporters raved while everyone else,

Gavin Newsom mocked it as "Me Me Me"; late-night hosts called it a "liar-side chat." The MAGA people are like "yeah, he is an a**hole but he is our a**hole! The Wrap reported...

Gavin Newsom, Mark Kelly and others laid into Donald Trump’s primetime speech to the nation, roasting the address as “angry, desperate and defensive.”

Shortly after the president gave a near 15-minute speech — where he took shots at his predecessor, Joe Biden, and boasted about his administration’s accomplishments — Trump’s rivals took to social media and television to sound off on his Wednesday update.

For instance, Calif. Governor Newsom took to X and bemoaned that Trump’s address “could have been an email.”

He added, “Trump tonight: Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me Me [etc.]”

And others said,

Sen. Kelly (D-Ariz.) also slammed Trump’s speech, yet he issued his criticism during an appearance on MS Now’s “The Briefing” on Wednesday evening.

“Initially, I’m like, he’s just making stuff up,” he told host Jen Psaki. “He just says a bunch of stuff. And he says this stuff is going to happen — there’s no policy there. And I’m kind of wondering why he’s so angry and desperate and defensive.”

He continued: “Somebody must have showed him some like abysmal poll numbers and said, you better get out there in front of the American people and explain to them why these poll numbers shouldn’t be in the in the toilet.”

Late night shows had a field day!

Kimmel says 'no one respects' Trump and 'world is laughing at him'

By Brendan Morrow

USA TODAY

Dec. 18, 2025

It's safe to say Jimmy Kimmel wasn't eagerly anticipating President Donald Trump's primetime address.

In his latest "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" monologue, the comedian mocked Trump for delivering a speech from the White House earlier that evening, which interrupted several shows, including "Survivor" and "The Floor."

"It's weird to think that had a couple of states just gone the other way, he'd be hosting one of those shows," he said. "Trump shouldn't be pre-empting 'The Floor.' He should be mopping it."

Because his show is taped earlier in the day, Kimmel didn't get into the content of Trump's speech, but he dubbed the address a "surprise, primetime episode of 'The Worst Wing'" and a "liar-side chat."

So tonight's show should be interesting!

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