State of the Union

After threats and counter threats, invitations and disinvitations, the State of the Union Address finally occurred. President Trump gave his speech from the House of Representatives Tuesday night. Behind him, Nancy Pelosi sat listening, sometimes engaged and sometimes reading from what appeared to be pages of future spontaneous remarks. Beside her was Vice President Pence, as always emulating the FIGI water girl.

Not many State of the Union speeches are love fests. This could have been more tense than normal, but it wasn’t. In fact, the women in white, dressed to show solidarity, raucously che...