Trump’s SOTU performance *was* transfixing, but it was figure; the ground from which that figure could spring is the obsolescence of both political parties in their pre-digital configuration.
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Interesting that Pelosi had the GIF-ready paper shred, whereas Trump's big moment was a 90s daytime talk surprise reunion of a military family. Pelosi's moment was ironic, whereas Trump's melodramatic. The last gasp of television or testament to its enduring power?
