The notion that this president, who governs by insult, leads by division and delights in inflaming grievances, would be associated with comity is, well, funny.
Each year, around Groundhog Day, Trump emerges to give a one-night bipartisan appeal, and Tuesday night's rendition was, by Trumpian standards, generous. But then he spends the next 12 months throwing shadow.
"Together we can break decades of political stalemate," Trump inveighed Tuesday. "We can bridge old divisions, heal old wounds, build new coalitions, forge new solutions."
Here's his 2018 version: "We came together, not as Republicans or Democrats, but as representatives of the people.