By any other presidency's standards, the speech had
some wildly controversial moments — particularly an alarming call to remove federal workers who «undermine the public trust or fail the American people» while rewarding the loyal — but by 2018 standards, and Trump standards, it was fairly safe.
Sure, they are linear, they are
wildly histrionic, but they're also built around iconic
moments; the nuclear blast in MW1, the
controversial No Russian, the death of Ghost — all of them compelling and memorable.