If there was anything fresh about what Trump said to Congress, it was largely stylistic.
If people have misconceptions about what Trump likes to do in his free time, he leaves them in no doubt about his self-confidence.
There has been a long debate about what Trump's real worth is, with Forbes saying his claim of $8.7billion £5.5billionn) is exaggerated by at least "100 per cent".
Much has been written lately about what Trump's victory reveals about the electorate's relationship with the truth.
Why would an Iraqi officer checking in passengers in Erbil care about what Trump had signed ten hours earlier?
That "new style" included a declaration of regret that approached an apology, but Conway refused to say to whom, or about what, Trump was apologizing.
Where are the endless, handwringing TV panel debates about what Trump's hatred of the press really means; what it tells us about his possible character flaws, and his would-be presidency?" Asked about this, Lynn Sweet, a veteran political reporter and columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, offers a longer view.
British novelist Salman Rushdie then weighed in, tweeting: "Of course the Trump flacks are now trying to confuse the issue, but Senator Murphy is clear about what Trump meant".
Indeed, it demands them — not least about what Trump thinks that an attorney for a man like him is empowered to do, and whose funds he can use to do it.
For a piece I published in September, about what Trump's first term could look like, I spoke to a former Republican White House official whom Trump has consulted, who told me, "Honestly, the problem with Donald is he doesn't know what he doesn't know".
