Trump's handlers kept his 'lunacy' hidden at SOTU until casual viewers tuned out: analyst

Someone inside President Donald Trump's team pulled off a slick bait-and-switch at Tuesday's State of the Union, according to Amanda Marcotte's latest analysis in Slate.

Marcotte wrote on Wednesday that the president's staff apparently came to the realization of the consequences of giving Americans a peek into an unfettered Trump.

"Someone on Trump’s team understood that it would backfire if casual viewers were subject to his usual whining and crying, so the first part of Tuesday night’s speech wisely took a bland...