WASHINGTON – He declared that America is winning again. He delivered a stern warning to Iran. He scolded Democrats and called them crazy.
But years from now, when filtered through the lens of history, President Donald Trump’s latest State of the Union address is likely to join the ranks of most other presidential speeches.
Like them, it will probably be forgotten.
For all of the spectacle that surrounds the State of the Union, few of the presidential speeches ever make a lasting impression. Presidential aides spend weeks preparing them. Congress members cheer or jeer them. Pundits dissect every word of them.
But most State of the Union speeches are consigned to oblivion as soon as they’re delivered, remembered only by the speechwriters who spent weeks coming up with the right applause lines and turns of phrase.
