In a speech of over 3,000 words, the word “Constitution” never appears, “Congress” appears only in passing (“consulting the bipartisan leadership of Congress”), and the word “war” shows up only once–not, perish the thought! in reference to the ongoing “kinetic military action,” but in the context of “sectarian war” as one of the dangers to be avoided as the Arab world liberalizes.

But one word that certainly shows up a lot, is “I.” This speech was inordinately heavy on the first-person singular:

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