Uncuffed From Low Expectations . . . Trump Slips Past Listless Dems To Reach Out And Reach For Stars
By DEXTER DUGGAN Unlike the Oscar awards ceremony’s best-picture bumble two nights earlier, longtime entertainer and new President Donald Trump, scorned by Hollywood, pulled off a precision performance before Congress on Ash Wednesday Eve. When television news and entertainment programs have to fill tightly timed slots — the evening news show can’t last two minutes too long, commercials have to make their message right on schedule — Trump managed to speak almost exactly 60 minutes, on the dot, even though he repeatedly was interrupted by applause whose length he had no control over in the U.S. House chamber. No cue cards or notices flashing from a director’s booth to quiet down now. Indeed, Trump noted to the chamber how long…Continue Reading