Sean Davis

Look, we may have been the reason it got screwed up.

You're gonna have to deal with it.

I was encouraged by all that because it suggests to me that he understands that this is not popular, that people didn't want it, that it's a distraction, that it's hurting him.

And it reminded me of a New York Post article that ran right after the war was launched.

And there was a quote in it that was very uncharacteristically Trump.

where he said something along the lines of, well, I don't care what the polls say.

It's the right thing.

I need to do it.

I don't care what the polls say.

And it's very, very rare for Trump to ever say something like that because it's an implicit admission that what he's doing isn't popular.

I think he's known all along that this was going to be a drag.

But for whatever reason, he felt compelled to do it.

He felt he had to do it.

The overall vibe and impression I got from that speech last night was a president who understood that it's a drag on him, it needs to be wrapped up, and it's time to move on.

And say what you will about Trump, unlike I think every other president I have experienced,

and seen as an American.

The man does listen.

He has a pretty incredible political radar and political instinct.

It's how he got elected twice, three times, depending on where you sit.

The guy's not an idiot.