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E.J. Dionne: Donald Trump and the spirit of Eddie Haskell

One of the memorable characters from the old days of television was Eddie Haskell of "Leave it to Beaver." President Trump no doubt remembers him. Haskell was sycophantically respectful toward parents to their faces, but always plotted and schemed when their backs were turned. To a generation, Haskell symbolized hypocrisy of the most annoying kind.

Trump's address Tuesday was the Eddie Haskell State of the Union -- although Haskell's performances were more artful because he only turned nasty when the elders weren't looking. In Trump's case, his two-faced politics was on display in the very same oration that went on and on and on.