The State of the Union

Despite House managers presenting a convincing case that Donald Trump abused his power and defied Congress, the president’s sycophants in the Senate are eager to acquit him. As sickening as their cowardice in the face of his corruption may be, it means the divisive, impulsive, perpetually combative Trump will be president for 11 or 59 more months.

He needs to find opportunities, starting in tonight’s State of the Union speech, to reach across the aisle and get some big things done. That may be wishful thinking given his character, but indulge us.

Should Trump manage to summon the maturity, we see three prime opportunities for progress.

One, he should regrow the backbone he lost last year when, for the second time, NRA bigs sweet-talked him into abandoning a push for stricter gun safety measures, which overwhelming majorities of both Democratic and Republican voters support.

Two, he must use every tool at his disposal to slash rising health-care costs. When Trump hasn’t been undercutting Obamacare, he pushed hospitals to publicly disclose their prices, reflecting bipartisan voter worries about exorbitant and growing health-care costs. Bolder legislative fixes are waiting.

Three, he must stop throwing chum to his base on immigration — expanding his stupid travel ban and pressing to impose a rigid economic litmus test on newcomers seeking green cards — and seek solutions, first for the millions of young men and women brought here as minors.

The state of the economy is strong enough. The state of the union needs tending to.