Free Melania? She made her jailbreak tonight. Whether or not President Trump wins re-election, she was out to save, as far as possible, her own reputation. The voice was soothing, the sentiments compassionate and the delivery emollient. She found her voice.

Her good fortune was to be preceded by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who blabbered from the roof of Jerusalem’s King David Hotel about Trump’s great foreign policy victories.