President Donald Trump delivered the best, most Reaganesquespeech of his tenure Tuesday night. The challenge will be whether this becomes his leitmotif going forward or whether it is merely a forgotten and missed moment.
From start to finish, Trump did something he rarely does: extol the virtue of the everyday American and give credit to the freedom that is our birthright. Yes, there were a couple of moments of typical Trumpian braggadocio, but in the main this was an exercise in unusual humility.
Trump's political problems stem from the perception that he represents the United States' past in his character, his manner and his ideas - and in each, the perception that he embodies America's flaws instead of its virtues.