Trump’s ‘new American moment’: State of Union speech strikes conciliatory tone, but promotes divisive policies

Trump’s ‘new American moment’: State of Union speech strikes conciliatory tone, but promotes divisive policies
- January 31, 2018
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, in The Globe and Mail, Jan. 31, 2018
"To the degree that the speech was presented as trying to build bridges with the Democrats, I don't think he succeeded in terms of immigration," said Louis DeSipio, director of the Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of California, Irvine.
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