I did not watch Trump's "first ever prime-time address to the nation" on Monday evening. I can't stand to have someone lie to my face...and when that someone calls himself the President of the United States, that's just one more reason not to listen.

I read his words this morning. I had to get up at 4:45 AM to take Debbie to the airport for a flight to DC for a conference in Arlington, so what was I gonna do after I got back home?

The men and women of our military operate as one team, with one shared mission and one shared sense of purpose. They transcend every line of race, ethnicity, creed, and color to serve together and sacrifice together in absolutely perfect cohesion. That is because all servicemembers are brothers and sisters. They’re all part of the same family. It’s called the American family. They take the same oath, fight for the same flag and live according to the same law.

--Trump

Standing in front of an audience of members of the military, he cited their service as exemplary in that regard.

Those words came out of the mind of a speech writer to be uttered by a man who just last month claimed that transgender people could not serve honorably and cohesively in any military unit.

His attempt to point to the military as an example of the best of America instead served as a reminder that, even there, he can’t help but foster division.

--Philip Bump, Washington Post