No, this isn’t a, “New Donald Trump”.

After Donald Trump gave his speech to the nation on Tuesday night, pundits from every major news network hailed it as, “his best speech yet”, “the moment he became president”, and other clichés in an attempt to gain back a sliver of the credibility they’ve been trying so hard to during the President’s first month in office.

Even an unapologetic, “liberal” like CNN’s Van Jones had glowing remarks for the address, saying, “if he can continue to do that over and over again, he will be there for 8 years”.

Sounds like his buddy Newt Gingrich slapped him across and the face and doused him with a glass of ice water.

While the speech was fantastic, one has to wonder why so many prominent leftists in the media gave it such high marks.

Did he announce a plan to increase funding for abortion? A path to citizenship for illegal aliens? No and no.

He spoke of putting America first and bringing back American jobs (something the Democrats in attendance refused to applaud), protecting citizens of this country from criminals who come to this country illegally, and defeating radical Islamic terrorism (a phrase he emphasized).

The only difference between “this” Donald Trump and the man who has been in office since January was a more subdued tone.

While on the surface, it appeared that this speech had changed hearts and minds that had previously been part of the so-called, “Resistance” (and it very might have) what it really did was reveal the nature of the media class that opposes him.

They didn’t care what our President was saying, they cared about how he said it. These people do not care what policies are in place; it doesn’t change their lifestyle. All they care about is that we have a man in the White House who fits the mold of what they perceive to be presidential.

So next time CNN is running a 24 hour cycle of Trump berating the media and proclaiming him as a threat to American democracy, feel free to call their bluff, and them, “what were you saying when he was being nice?”