He couldn’t help doing a bit of boasting and making a slip here and there but in his speech Trump talked about ‘faith and family’ and ‘in God we trust’ and the dignity of ‘hard work’ – then introduced a man from North Korea who crossed China and Southeast Asia on crutches to be free and said that same ‘yearning for freedom’ had founded America.

Whatever his vices, Trump showed he recognizes the foundations of our nation are family, God, hard work, and freedom – but even when he touched that chord Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and the Democrats, watching, sat stone-faced.

It was as if there are no shared values left in America.