Slowly but promisingly, President Trump’s magnificently crafted and spoken address to Congress two nights ago may be bringing around some of his most resolute rivals.

The happiest and perhaps most revelatory headline in any newspaper this morning decorated the lead story in the leftist USA Today:

“Trump inspires Dow to 21,000”

Given the millions of buckets of emotional blood that have been spent against Mr. Trump and his supports in the four months since Election Day, this feels like a meaningful breakthrough.

Hopefully.

USA Today acknowledged that Mr. Trump’s memorable and unifying oration worked.

His patriotic – archly pro-America – stance throughout his address had a positive effect on Wall Street. His immensely refreshing Make America Great Again message drove the Dow up more than 300 points, past a record-setting 21,000.

Most passages – pick any one randomly – were worthy of the record-breaking cheers they received. Emphasizing unifying rival factions to fight off our enemies, President Trump gave hardline opponents scant crumbs to chew on.

You will recall that former President Obama winced and skirted talk of patriotism. He was a man of the world, as all of us should be, he said. He scoffed at the notion that America was exceptional. Every country thinks that way, Mr. Obama said, painting a deep coat of skepticism that endured throughout his eight years.

Mr. Trump chose the opposite vision, a positive, pro=America accent.

My favorite lines:

“Free nations are the best vehicle for expressing the will of the people — and America respects the right of all nations to chart their own path. My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America. But we know that America is better off, when there is less conflict — not more.”

And in conclusion, President Trump was sterling:

“This is our vision. This is our mission.

“But we can only get there together.

“We are one people, with one destiny.

“We all bleed the same blood.

“We all salute the same flag.

“And we are all made by the same God.

“And when we fulfill this vision; when we celebrate our 250 years of glorious freedom, we will look back on tonight as when this new chapter of American Greatness began.”

On a night when America turned a page, stood and cheered, holdouts remained. Prominent Democrats Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Keith Ellison glumly, stubbornly, oddly clung to their seats during the longest ovation in the history of presidential addresses to Congress – for Navy Seal Ryan Owens killed in the recent Yemen raid.

While his widow Carryn stood and wept, Schultz and Ellison stared. The rest of America appreciatively applauded a man to remember.