Donald Trump had just given the longest speech ever given by a modern-day president to a joint session of Congress and didn’t get away from the Capitol until 11:12 p.m., arriving at the White House six minutes later. No doubt, the TV was on in the president’s residence and the commander-in-chief would want to know how his words went down with the media. It was another late night after a long day’s work on Tuesday. He hadn’t left the White House until about 8:30 p.m. to get to the Hill in time for the 9:10 p.m. speech that lasted 99 minutes—10 minutes more than Bill Clinton’s speech in 2000. It seemed about time to take a break from the spotlight. On Wednesday morning, the White House pool was at the ready at 9 a.m. But it seemed there wouldn’t be much to report. Trump had no public events scheduled for the day, a rare retreat for a president who, by his own admission in his (very) long speech, had “accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplish in four years or eight 8 years.”
