There was a ghost at Trump's feast — it will be back to haunt him soon enough

Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech was pretty much exactly what we expected: one that depicted a nation utterly unlike the one we live in: where the economy is glowing with health, mass deportations of undocumented immigrants are going swimmingly, democracy is flourishing, everyone is ecstatic over our leadership, and respect from the international community stands at an all-time high.

This delusional picture was painted by the president over 107 torturous minutes, a wildly rambling...