On Tuesday evening, esteemed President Donald John Trump delivered a televised speech before both sections of Congress, where for almost an hour he managed to refrain from groping anyone or defecating his pants onstage. It was an impressive feat, for which he has received rare but effusive media praise.
But what does it mean? Trump’s own aides have been asking themselves this very question, reportedly confused at positive media coverage outpour. After all, he’s still the same man who was only able to ban Muslims from the country for a few days because judges kept ruling his order was illegal. He’s still the same President of the United States who suggested this week, after a spate of bomb threats against Jewish Community Centers, that perhaps the Jews are doing it to themselves. He’s still the same man with the same agenda and the same crippling, pathological need for approval, just now he’s also done one good speech.