By Donald A. Collins | 25 February 2026
Church and State
Watching the people file into the US House Chamber, you could only wonder how so many could seem so casually involved at a time when the nation is so dangerously positioned by the completely asinine policies he has introduced.
He clearly should have been prosecuted in jail after his coup attempt on January 6, 2021, but now he has opened the possibility that he will lose both houses of Congress in the midterms, which would make an opportunity to drive him from Office even before 2028.
You can read the Washington Post analysis of his speech here which will give you the solid evidence of what I have just written above.
As he addressed Congress on Tuesday for his State of the Union, President Donald Trump was back on his heels.
He is as unpopular as he was after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and a majority of voters disapprove of the way he is approaching every single one of his priority issues, a new Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found. Days ago, the Supreme Court knocked down most of his tariffs, which have been central to his economic policy. This fall, his party is at risk of losing control of Congress.
In the face of these headwinds, Trump gave a speech that was defiant, asserting that prices have gone down, criminals are being deported and the economy is growing.
“Our nation is back,” he said. “Bigger, richer and stronger than ever before.”
President Trump got time in the spotlight during Tuesday's State of the Union address, but it’s hard to see how one speech could reverse his unpopularity.
Here are our top four takeaways: https://t.co/NYClYyU8xY
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 25, 2026
Former US Navy officer, banker and venture capitalist, Donald A. Collins, a free lance writer living in Los Angeles, CA, has spent over 60 years working for women’s reproductive health as a board member and/or officer of numerous family planning organizations including Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Guttmacher Institute, Family Health International and Ipas. Yale under graduate, NYU MBA. He is the author of 15 books: “From the Dissident Left: A Collection of Essays 2004-2013”, “Trump Becoming Macbeth: Will our democracy survive?”, “We Humans Overwhelm Our Earth: 11 or 2 Billion by 2100?”, “What Can Be Done Now to Save Habitable Life on Planet Earth?”, “Vote”, “Can Homo Sapiens Survive?”, “Will Choice and Democracy Win?”, “Can Our U.S. Survive 8 Plus Billion of Us”, “Economic Growth: A Cancer on all Earthly Life”, “On the Precipice of Political Disaster in 2024”, “Democracy at Red State Risk”, “Does Trump Go to Jail or to The Oval Office?”, “Trump: Pardon or Punish?: The Nixon Precedence Was Not A Trump Coup Denied!”, “Common Sense: When will Trump be Impeached, Indicted, and Exited?”, “Trump–unrestrained dangerous liar!” and “Our Ethnic Mix May Save Us!”.“What Can Be Done Now to Save Habitable Life on Planet Earth?”: https://t.co/fHuh0CG6JD
“We Humans Overwhelm Our Earth: 11 or 2 Billion by 2100?”: https://t.co/TA4j7cp1tE
“From the Dissident Left: A Collection of Essays 2004-2013”: https://t.co/lkC2t3E1A9 pic.twitter.com/bQsL2mLBcO— Church and State (@ChurchAndStateN) November 1, 2021
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