Yes, but partly no

Independence Day: Resurgence was exactly what one would expect from a sequel.  It was done well enough, built carefully on the first movie, and phased out the characters from the first movie that would not be acting any longer for the second sequel.  But even if it was predictable, it was suspenseful in all the right parts.  It maintained and heightened the conflict between the alien force and the human race.  It elevated the stakes by making the aliens' ships and weapons better and bigger than before.  It was a good way to spend time with characters who acted nobly to save the world.

One part that people might have expected to reach a heightened and even better level than the first movie would be the speech to save the world.  The first movie featured the U.S. president quoting Dylan Thomas at the climax of his inspirational speech, "We will not go quietly into the night" [at time stamp 1:43 of the video clip].

People were stirred to action and nobility.  The president's speech in the sequel in light of this first speech was an enormous disappointment.  The character chosen to be president was gruff in appearance and in speech manner.  He gave a terse, monotonous, uninspirational speech to rally the troops.  Fortunately, the president from the first sequel decided at that point to make the ultimate sacrifice to take out the queen mother of the aliens.  If it had not been for that, the movie might have failed in reaching the goal of maintaining the Independence Day spirit.

When the sequel leaves the cinema, compare the two speeches.  Anemic will be one of the words that comes to mind when you hear the speech to rally the forces.  It should be one of the lessons every communications teacher uses to give a non-example of motivational speeches.