Speaking below a painting of President George Washington on Wednesday, one might have hoped President Trump would find some courage from the great commander in chief. Washington, after all, won a nation by storming across icy rivers and overcoming the world’s most powerful empire.

Alas, Trump did not find courage. Instead, the president offered a rambling pageant of absurdities.

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