Whether you loved the speech or hated it, it’s not going to set the agenda for Washington, D.C. this year, or for the administration, or even for Trump himself. Immigration enthusiasts shouldn’t take heart, and restrictionists shouldn’t despair, about Trump’s comment about welcoming record levels of immigration. He may have forgotten he said it already.
Ramesh Ponnuru is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is a senior editor at National Review, visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and contributor to CBS News.