President Trump’s speech last Thursday, a few months before the 2026 midterms, was dull and boring, a disappointment to political enthusiasts. In 2016, you will recall, they were unprofessionally eager to back the Russia, Russia narrative cooked up by the Clinton campaign. AdvertisementI understand the instinctive reluctance of the alphabet TV networks to broadcast the president’s speech live. When alphabet networks don’t broadcast the president’s speech, they are signaling that “they have lost control of the narrative” and they don’t want to “expose failures.” In the Russia, Russia scandal, the Obama administration had nothing to do with the case.