Returning from Davos, the gathering of the global elite who had never before seen fit to invite this exhibitionist television celebrity, familiar with the bankruptcy courts, to eschew Big Macs in favor of canapés for a few days, Donald Trump faces a more demanding test next Tuesday, when he delivers his first State of the Union.

It will certainly be longer than the first such, George Washington’s 1,000 words in 1790, and probably shorter that Bill Clinton’s 1995 1 hour, 25 minute, 9,200-word behemoth. Unless he needs more time to congratulate himself on deregulation, soaring share prices, tax cuts, and other triumphs.