The most stirring moment of Trump's speech -- and his presidency -- came when he spoke directly to Carryn Owens, the widow of Navy Chief William "Ryan" Owens, who was killed in the military raid in Yemen that Trump ordered shortly after taking office. Trump said "Ryan died as he lived: a warrior, and a hero." Then, he defended the value of intelligence gained on the raid. "Ryan's legacy is etched into eternity," the President said.
Trump led a 2-minute, 11-second standing ovation as Carryn Owens stood, crying and clasping her hands. "Ryan is looking down right now. You know that. And I think he's very happy, because you just broke a record," Trump said, joking about the length of the applause.
"For as the Bible teaches us, there is no greater act of love than to lay down one's life for one's friends," Trump said. "Ryan laid down his life for his friends, for his country, and for our freedom -- we will never forget him." CNN contributor Van Jones said Trump "became president of the United States in that moment. Period." "He did something extraordinary and for people who have been hoping that he would become unifying, hoping that he would find some way to become presidential, they should be happy with that moment," Jones said.Trump's American exceptionalismTrump's Republican National Convention speech painted a picture of a struggling nation in need of rescue. His inaugural address described "American carnage" and declared that "from this day forward, it's going to be only America first."
But on Tuesday night, Trump looked to the stars -- "distant worlds," even.
"Cures to illnesses that have always plagued us are not too much to hope. American footprints on distant worlds are not too big a dream. Millions lifted from welfare to work is not too much to expect. And streets where mothers are safe from fear -- schools where children learn in peace -- and jobs where Americans prosper and grow -- are not too much to ask," Trump said.
He said he was "asking all members of Congress to join me in dreaming big, and bold and daring things for our country." His uplifting message was dramatically different from Trump's usual rhetoric -- and also from his usual controversies. For the night, he set aside his demands that Mexico pay for a border wall, and his claims that "extreme vetting" and his travel ban are necessary — even as his administration prepares to release a revised ban. The departure left Republicans absolutely thrilled.
"Donald Trump did indeed become presidential tonight, and I think we'll see that reflected in a higher approval rating," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, said on CNN afterward. Unanswered health care questionsTrump broadly endorsed the major elements of a Republican bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act -- including protections for pre-existing conditions and tax credits and health savings accounts.
But if GOP lawmakers wanted clarity on their path forward to achieve Trump's promise to "expand choice, increase access, lower costs, and at the same time, provide better health care," they didn't get it.
On one hand, Trump called for expanded "access" to health insurance -- signaling that he doesn't view it as government's role to make sure Americans can actually afford that insurance. On the other hand, Trump called for Medicaid funding that ensures "no one (is) left out" by state governments -- a proposition Democrats support but Republicans consider too costly.
Though the GOP largely agrees on broad strokes, the details of health care policy have proven much trickier. And on those details, Republicans will wake up Wednesday without much more clarity than they had Tuesday. Trump ended with a call for bipartisan cooperation on repealing and replacing the "collapsing" Obamacare. Then, television cameras cut to House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi -- who was shaking her head no.
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