Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday night was long and boring, but also laced with threats to both democracy and his enemies. And Greenland. And Panama.

A report on the State of the Union, which is mandated by the Constitution, is an opportunity for a president to provide an overview of their accomplishments over the previous calendar year and assess the condition of the U.

The annual presidential speech is one of the last remaining mass-audience media moments available to a national politician.