President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address began with a snub to Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she extended her hand across the dais for the customary greeting. It ended with a visibly annoyed Pelosi ripping the copy of her speech and slamming it down on the table.
And those were the boring parts of the event.
Trump, the reality television expert, turned the hour-and-a-half long address into, well, a reality show.
He gave a young schoolgirl a scholarship, surprised conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh with the presidential medal of freedom, and shocked a wife and her two children when her military-clad husband emerged from the darkness and hugged her warmly after getting back from his last deployment.
There were jubilant cheers when Trump introduced guest of honour Charles McGee, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airman who just celebrated his 100th birthday.
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