ANALYSIS — President Joe Biden came to the Capitol to deliver his State of the Union address with an election-year objective: pick a fight with Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers doing his bidding. Mission accomplished.
Coaches burn the midnight oil devising game plans intended to dictate the pace of the game to their opponent. Biden did the same with extensive preparation at Camp David before the big prime-time speech, aiming to set the terms of his coming general election rematch with Trump, whom he repeatedly referred to as “my predecessor.”
The speech was a fiery reelection sales pitch masquerading as an assessment of the country.
