Historians Rate Trump on State of the Union
"The speech ended on a call to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States in July. In arguably the most poetic passage of any Trump address, it was inspiring, uplifting, and optimistic. While noting 'the golden age is upon us,' he also challenged us to look to the future."
Irwin Gellman, now at work on the fourth volume on the life of Richard Nixon, said: "Trump could not have done much better than he did."
Congressional Democrats, Gellman said, "could not have done more for Trump than they did when, while Republicans clapped, the Democrats just sat there and didn't even applaud.
This enhanced what he was doing, which was calling the Democrats nutty."