How Things Change

Donald Trump just gave his third State of the Union address — or as some call them, his State of His Own Greatness address. That's pretty much what all three have been about.

In his 2019 speech, he called on all Americans to "reject the politics of revenge, resistance, and retribution, and embrace the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise, and the common good." That's an actual quote.

The speeches he's giving this week seem to be all about embracing the politics of revenge, resistance and retribution, and rejecting the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise, and the common good. Not that he ever followed the 2019 version, but now he seems to have quit pretending.