President Donald Trump called for unity in the opening remarks at his second State of the Union address, and promised to lay out “the agenda of the American people.” Photo: APWhen Donald Trump became president, there was reason to believe he might govern as he campaigned, almost as an independent, standing apart from both parties, perhaps even with an ability to bridge the two parties because he was beholden to neither of them. And for the first half an hour of his State of the Union address Tuesday night, that was the very tone he set in his remarks in the House chamber. He opened his arms to Democrats, declaring that Americans are “hoping we will govern not as two parties but as one nation.”...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 06, 2019 04:06 UTC