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Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: President Donald Trump decided to dial it down — but it’s anybody’s guess how long it will last. 
  
 Facing a deeply divided Congress, basement-level approval ratings and a reckoning in the upcoming midterm elections, Trump made a strategic choice to use his first State of the Union address to soften the rhetoric that helped him win the presidency, according to three White House officials. 
  
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 The man whose inaugural address centered on the idea of “American carnage” offered “one team, one people, and one American family” on Tuesday in a bid to convince a skeptical public — and an equally skeptical Congress — that he is a stable leader who can unify a fractured nation. 
  
 Trump’s approach reflects a cold political reality: Without help from Democrats, Republicans face few options for legislative victories, and some in the GOP have serious concerns about how their party will fare in the midterms. Trump’s allies inside and outside the White House have warned the president that Republicans could lose the House if Republicans can’t show bipartisan progress in Congress, according to two people familiar with the conversations. 
  
 But Trump’s speech also shed light on the president’s desire to prove his doubters wrong. After a year in which Republicans and Democrats alike regularly questioned his leadership ability and even his mental health, the 45th president — a Queens-born political neophyte who never felt accepted by Manhattan society — went to the Capitol once again looking for validation. 
  
 Hoping for a repeat of the glowing response he received after his first address to a joint session of Congress last February, the president urged his speechwriters to write him a more traditional address, aides said. The final result was reminiscent of the speeches that have echoed through the House chamber for decades, and one Republican lobbyist mused privately that one could be forgiven for confusing it with a George W. Bush speech. 
  
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 Yet unlike last year, when some rushed to interpret Trump’s successful reading of his address to Congress as a sign of a president maturing into the role, few believed Tuesday’s speech would yield an end to the relentless whiplash of life under Trump — or a sudden rush toward bipartisanship. 
  
 “Many times in the past we’ve seen the president deliver a fine, even traditional speech only to completely undercut it within 48 hours with the ‘real’ Donald Trump — a sort of reality-star Frankenstein who clumsily tramples villages and causes such an uproar that people start chasing him with pitchforks,” said Matt Latimer, a speechwriter for Bush. 
  
 Indeed, even before he delivered his speech, the unvarnished Trump peeked through during a meeting of news anchors earlier Tuesday. Between comments about how he “really learned a lot” in his first year as president, Trump unleashed a familiar, albeit off the record, line of attack on the media, calling NBC News’ Chuck Todd a “monster” and complaining to anchor Lester Holt that NBC unfairly edited an interview with him. 
  
 Some of the president’s outside allies worried privately ahead of the address that Trump was toning himself down too much, adding that few lines from the speech would be remembered — unlike his unforgettable American carnage line. 
  
 For some of Trump’s outside advisers, the blame for “normalizing” the president, as one person close to him described it, falls at the feet of John Kelly, the president’s regimented chief of staff. Kelly has sought to limit access to Trump and professionalize the West Wing. 
  
 But Kelly isn’t the only major change from this time last year. A cadre of senior aides who helped shape Trump’s first address to Congress have departed, including former chief strategist Steve Bannon, former chief of staff Reince Priebus and former White House press secretary Sean Spicer. 
  
 Trump’s 80-minute speech was the culmination of more than a month of behind the scenes planning that began with a December email from staff secretary Rob Porter to senior White House and agency officials soliciting ideas and anecdotes for the address. Trump reviewed the first draft of the speech in December, often taking early versions of the speech up to his residence to add his handwritten feedback and dictating changes to top aides. 
  
 “He wanted to strike a reasonable, bipartisan tone,” a senior administration official told POLITICO. 
  
 In recent weeks, policy adviser Stephen Miller, the architect of some of Trump’s most divisive speeches, worked with Porter and speechwriters Vince Haley and Ross Worthington to hone the address — and top administration officials like Vice President Mike Pence, eeconomic adviser Gary Cohn and national security adviser H.R. McMaster all weighed in, according to White House aides. The president also spoke with former deputy campaign manager David Bossie, former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and others in the White House about the speech on Monday, aides said. 
  
 Trump spent the two days leading up to the address surrounded by aides in the White House Map Room, with a black felt-tip pen in hand, scribbling notes and demanding last-minute rewrites. 
  
 By late Monday night, much of the speech was locked in, according to a White House official. But during Tuesday’s dry runs, Trump repeatedly requested wording tweaks. Throughout the day on Tuesday, press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, communications director Hope Hicks, Kelly, Miller, Porter, Pence and Cohn all popped into the Map Room to offer their feedback. There were no last-second rewrites on the drive to the Capitol, the official added. 
  
 It was the kind of prep work one might expect from a conventional president, and it foreshadowed a largely conventional speech with few of the eye-popping theatrics of a rollicking Trump campaign rally. 
  
 “We all share the same home, the same heart, the same destiny, and the same great American flag,” Trump said during the speech. 
  
 Trump largely stuck to the script, but he periodically added his own flourishes. “And he’s a great welder,” Trump ad-libbed, referring to one of the guests he invited to the speech. “Prices will come down substantially. Watch,” Trump said at another point as he explained that he directed his administration to lower drug prices, emphasizing the last word for effect. 
  
 One White House official said the ad-libs gave the otherwise tightly orchestrated speech a “rally feel.” 
  
 Back at the White House, senior aides were delighted by the speech, and they gathered in the diplomatic reception room to offer their congratulations to the president after he returned from the Capitol. 
  
 Republicans cheered the president, even using one word that is rarely associated with a Trump speech: normal. 
  
 “He did what a normal president would do, and that’s take a victory lap,” said Americans for Prosperity President Tim Phillips. “The most successful State of the Union speeches historically are ones that extol the administration’s accomplishments. He accomplished that goal tonight.” 
  
 While Trump’s tone may have changed, many of his policies were familiar, and Democrats were quick to object. 
  
 “Tonight, the president presented a self-congratulatory speech without vision. He promised unity, but sowed division,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said after the speech. 
  
 Lorraine Woellert and Nancy Cook contributed to this report. ||||| President Trump Donald John TrumpPoll: Less than half of Americans think their taxes are too high Comey pulls no punches with Trump Incoming Pence adviser withdraws nomination following reports Trump opposed candidacy MORE delivered his first State of the Union address on Tuesday evening. 
  
 What were the main takeaways? 
  
 Immigration dominates 
  
 Trump’s rhetoric on immigration dominated the discussion on cable news immediately after the speech and was set to seize the headlines on Wednesday morning. 
  
 The president delivered a lengthy and emphatic defense of the administration’s position on illegal immigration in general and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in particular. 
  
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 In the signature line from the night, Trump insisted “Americans are dreamers, too” — an allusion to the name of “Dreamers” for DACA beneficiaries and to Trump’s insistence that the rights of native-born Americans should be the primary focus. 
  
 At other points, he complained about “the terrible loopholes exploited by criminals and terrorists to enter our country” and linked lax immigration policy to the activities of criminal gangs like MS-13 and to two terrorist attacks in New York. 
  
 Democrats and liberals were outraged. Sen. Kamala Harris Kamala Devi HarrisClinton to fundraise alongside possible 2020 contenders Overnight Health Care: New Jersey lawmakers pass ObamaCare mandate | Dems sound warning on short-term insurance plans | Poll finds majority back single payer Overnight Health Care: Opioid distributors summoned before Congress | Judge sets trial date in massive opioid lawsuit | Senators press DOJ to stop blocking medical marijuana MORE (D-Calif.), a potential 2020 presidential candidate, called Trump’s language “completely irresponsible” and “fearmongering” in an interview with Chris Matthews of MSNBC. 
  
 But Trump’s unapologetic stance will play very well with a base that elected him in part because of the immigration question. 
  
 And, alongside his harder rhetoric, Trump did emphasize that the White House framework on DACA offers a pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million illegal immigrants who entered the United States as children. 
  
 Keeping the base happy 
  
 Immigration was by no means the only topic on which Trump offered red meat to his base. 
  
 One of the big, early applause lines came when he alluded to the long-running controversy over NFL players kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial inequity. 
  
 Citing as a counterpoint 12-year-old Preston Sharp, who Trump said had “started a movement” that had ultimately placed 40,000 flags at veterans’ graves, he said the young boy’s attitude was a reminder of “why we proudly stand for the national anthem.” 
  
 There were also plenty of references to Trump’s economic record. 
  
 The general parameters of that discussion — low unemployment, solid growth and a rising stock market — clearly have appeal to most voters, including independents. 
  
 But the president also made sure to remind more ideological conservatives of his deregulation efforts and the sizable corporate tax cut he enacted in December. 
  
 He also got a huge cheer from his own side when he highlighted the repeal of the individual mandate, one of the core elements of the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare. 
  
 Unity? Not so much 
  
 Early excerpts of the speech released by the White House had suggested a conciliatory tone — especially by Trump’s combative standards — and a president who would seek to call the nation together. 
  
 The excerpts were accurate — but unrepresentative of the speech as a whole. Moments of optimistic rhetoric, such as an insistence that the nation was experiencing a “new American moment,” gave way to warnings about the dangers of illegal immigration and the threats posed by foreign foes. 
  
 There were only a couple of instances where the president held out a plausible offer of bipartisanship. One was on infrastructure spending, the other a brief mention of prison reform. 
  
 Few minds changed 
  
 Trump is a hugely polarizing figure, and it’s hard to see how that changes anytime soon. 
  
 Tuesday’s address provided few reasons for those voters who view him with distaste to take a fresh look. Equally, there was also no big departure that might weaken the ardor of those who have backed him through thick and thin. 
  
 Trump’s bet appears to be that his concentration on the base will keep his voters energized, for November’s midterms and on into the 2020 elections. 
  
 But it’s hard to tell whether that strategy will work. Despite the robust economy, Trump is at just 40.1 percent job approval in the RealClearPolitics polling average. 
  
 Snap polls by CBS and CNN, however, suggested many of those watching the address approved. The CNN poll found 48 percent had a “very positive” reaction — the exact percentage CNN polled for former Presidents George W. Bush in 2006 and Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaWhen will the Trump transition end? 2018 will test the power of political nobodies Paul Ryan's legacy is a financial success MORE in 2010 ahead of midterm losses for their parties. 
  
 Silence on Russia — from the podium 
  
 The State of the Union was delivered against a backdrop of Russia-related controversy. 
  
 The push from some conservatives to release a memo written by staff members for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes Devin Gerald NunesCalifornia Republicans seek turnout boost to avert midterm disaster House chairmen ask Rosenstein for copies of Comey memos GOP fractures over push to protect Russia probe MORE (R-Calif) has raised the ire of liberals, who say it amounts to an abuse of power. The memo is understood to allege misdeeds by the Department of Justice and FBI. 
  
 Reports came to light last week that Trump sought to fire special counsel Robert Mueller Robert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE last June. And Andrew McCabe, the deputy director of the FBI, announced he was stepping down ahead of schedule earlier this week. 
  
 The president, unsurprisingly, made no mention of any of this during his remarks. 
  
 But as he was leaving the House chamber, he was heard reassuring Rep. Jeff Duncan Jeffrey (Jeff) Darren DuncanLive coverage: Zuckerberg faces second day on Capitol Hill Overnight Cybersecurity: GOP, FBI clash over FISA memo | Uber breach under Senate scrutiny | Upcoming House cyber diplomacy hearing FBI condemns Nunes memo for 'omissions,' escalating feud MORE (R-S.C.) that he was “100 percent” behind the release of the Nunes memo. 
  
 The off-hand remark provided yet more assurance, if any were needed, that the news spotlight would swing back to the Russia probe and related matters soon enough. |||||
Student:
"We all share the same home, the same heart, the same destiny, and the same great American flag," President Trump said in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, adopting a moderate tone that insiders tell Politico was the product of weeks of planning. "He wanted to take a reasonable, bipartisan tone" and urged speechwriters to come up with a traditional address, Republican sources say. Analysts say that while Trump succeeded in adopting a tone reminiscent of many other SOTU addresses, the policies he outlined were as controversial as ever. In other coverage: "Few minds changed." With his strong focus on immigration—and talk of "terrible loopholes exploited by criminals and terrorists to enter our country"—Trump will have energized his base, but the speech provided "few reasons for those voters who view him with distaste to take a fresh look," writes Niall Stanage at the Hill.