“The Five” co-host Juan Williams said Thursday that even as a critic of President Trump, he expected more from his remarks to conclude the Republican National Convention.
“I think President Trump, on script, reading a script, not President Trump on ad lib is spontaneous,” Williams said on special coverage of Fox News. “He has that magic when he’s spontaneous, when he can call a rally. That just did not happen to him last night.
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“I expected there would be fireworks for that great show on the South Lawn,” Williams added, responding to the view at the end of the night. “In fact, these are the best fireworks a firework lover has ever seen … But [the speech] struck me more as repetition.
“We’ve seen so many of those lines before. It just did not have the punch I expected. And even as someone who may be critical of the president, I expected a great show last night. A great speech. So, I ask me what happened there. “
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Williams’ colleague, former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove, opted for the figures to go into Trump’s 70-minute speech.
“Of the 5,680 words after the speech, 564 were distributed in pursuit of Biden as the Democrats, about 10 percent of the speech,” he said. “That, it was a relatively small part of it, although it was written effectively and caught our attention …
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“The bulk of the speech was devoted to a defense of traditional American values, patriotism and American exceptionalism, about 20% of the speech, just under 1,200 words. held – about 956 words – and law and order became third [with]831 words dedicated to that one problem.
“And finally, 636 words [were] dedicated to COVID response … a robust defense of the administration’s response to the COVID crisis. “
