This is pretty much the universal review of Trump's speech: pointless, repetitive, meaningless.

"As our readers know, I support the war and think it’s been far more successful — and necessary — than critics acknowledge. But boy, that was a childish speech. Undisciplined, unstructured, uninformative, unimpressive, uninspiring, unpresidential. I learned nothing from it that I hadn’t known before it started, except that Trump somehow thinks that the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened by something akin to magic. It was also a signal to what remains of the Iranian regime that they just need to hold on for another two or three weeks and it will be over. A reminder that, even if this is the right war, we’ve got the wrong president."


Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/opinion/trump-noem-birthright-east-wing.html?nl=opinion-today&segment_id=217631