Donald Trump has reached out to his base of supporters with a State of the Union address that seemed more designed to bolster his chances in 2020 than act as the unifying occasion some in the White House suggested it would be. Over the course of 65-minutes, the president doubled down stubbornly on some of his controversial policies and threw in some new suggestions – one of them in particular designed to appeal to evangelical Christians and conservatives. “In the 20th century, America saved freedom, transformed science, and redefined the middle class standard of living for the entire world to see.
