Some thoughts spring to mind after President Donald Trump’s 100-minute address to Congress.

The first is that this 78-year-old man has amazing resilience and perseverance. Consider that in the past twelve months, he has had to spend hours listening to a kangaroo court proceeding before a hostile judge in New York, has maintained a campaign rally schedule that would daunt candidates half his age, has participated in planning sessions for a detailed set of executive orders he might never have an opportunity to issue, has faced the former president and vice-president of the United States in televised debates with moderators he had reason to believe were biased against him and suffered a bullet wound that came within 1 inch of killing him. Around minute 98, he made mention of the last. This inspired sympathizers in the House Chamber to echo the cries of “Fight! Fight! Fight!” he made as he rose above his Secret Service protectors.