The Trumpiest Trump We’ve Ever Beheld

By Frank Bruni and Bret Stephens

Mr. Bruni is a contributing Opinion writer. Mr. Stephens is an Opinion columnist.

Bret Stephens: Frank, your thoughts about President Trump’s interminable speech?

Frank Bruni: It was the Trumpiest Trump I’d ever beheld — preposterously self-satisfied, preternaturally nasty and profoundly delusional. Most of what he boasted about was hallucinatory. I haven’t been that fully immersed in fantasy since the first “Avatar” movie. I kept thinking I should have worn 3-D glasses.

Bret: Just for the sake of being argumentative, let me lay out what I think many Americans might have liked about the speech — at least those who made it through the whole hour and 47 minutes. They would have liked Trump........

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