> he was compelled to write this piece after this interaction ... I'm surprised to see this here; I hope we are well beyond taking politicians' rhetoric at fac

> he was compelled to write this piece after this interaction ... I'm surprised to see this here; I hope we are well beyond taking politicians' rhetoric at face value. It's political ad copy. He was compelled to write it as part of the staged PR for the administration's policy launch, and the message was carefully written to advance the administration's broader platform (nationalism, the ultimate priority of business), to try to associate himself and the administration with people the public admires (JFK, Neil Armstrong), to promote administration members (Pence), and to manipulate readers into supporting the administration. It's advertising.