From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

President Trump delivers his first address to Congress of his second term, calling for tax reform, tariffs, peace in Ukraine, and a whole lot more.

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal. We're joined

today by my colleagues, columnist Bill McGern and editorial page writer Barton Swain. Trump's

address to the joint session of Congress on Tuesday night was the longest in history, according

to the American presidency project, running for 99 minutes, wrapping up shortly

before 11 o'clock. By the way, that is 10 minutes longer, roughly than the guy in second place,

Bill Clinton in 2000. One of the things that stuck out in the speech to my eye, Bill, was how much

of this material it felt like I had heard before. And Trump has sort of

an unusual problem in that he loves the limelight. He is constantly out answering questions. He

is famous for his Trump rallies. And so some of this material, some observers probably have heard

before, though, I grant there are probably

voters who tuned in last night who are not constantly paying attention to what Trump says in these

Q&As that he's holding with reporters in the White House. Bill, I wonder what stuck out to you from

the speech and how would you rate it as a presidential performance? Well, first of all, someone

who's helped write three study of the unions, I was much

happier watching it than writing it.

They tend to be a laundry list of what you're planning to do.

There was a little bit of that with Trump, but I'd look at it a little differently and

address to Congress, whether it's an official

state of the union or not, is a stage, a dramatic stage. You have all three branches of government

represented in room. You're introduced dramatically by the sergeant-at-arms. So it's all designed

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