Bill Kristol Rips Trump's Speech: 'Depressing and Vulgar'

Conservative journalist Bill Kristol ripped President Donald Trump's inauguration speech in a Twitter rant Friday, labeling it as a "faux-tough guy performance" and attacking his declaration of "America first" as "depressing and vulgar."

Here are the posts from Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard:

Trump claims "a historic movement, the likes of which the world has never seen before." Is this boastfulness just ludicrous, or dangerous?

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 20, 2017

Terms that don't appear in Trump's address: liberty, equality, freedom (though "freedoms" used once), duty, Constitution, self-government.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 20, 2017

The America First Committee dissolved itself after Pearl Harbor, just over 75 years ago. Now "America First" is back.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 20, 2017

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 20, 2017

I can't help but wonder what Gen. Mattis and Gen. Kelly--warriors who've fought for this country--think of this faux-tough guy performance.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 20, 2017

I just re-read Reagan's first inaugural. People who are claiming Trump's has much important in common with it should re-read it. It doesn't.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 20, 2017

I'll be unembarrassedly old-fashioned here: It is profoundly depressing and vulgar to hear an American president proclaim "America First."

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 20, 2017

 

OMG.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 20, 2017

 

Je ne regrette rien.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 20, 2017

In 1981 Inaugural, Reagan refers to "peaceful transfer of authority." Yes, "transfer of authority" is much superior to "transfer of power."

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 20, 2017

• Trump to Americans: Giving Power 'Back to You, the People'
• Former President George HW Bush Watched Inaugural From ICU