A quick note on the thoughts Rich, Mark, Ramesh, and Jonah have offered on Trump’s immigration speech, some of which have tacitly addressed this. For Trump, it’s style as much as substance.

The substance of last night’s speech did differ in some ways from what Trump has said before, but you wouldn’t have known it from the style in which he delivered it. Though intended to be a serious policy speech, Trump spoke with his typical bombast. He was working the crowd. That’s in part why the media reports haven’t been favorable, as Jonah notes. The way he conducted himself in Phoenix was also a contrast to how Trump behaved on stage with Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto earlier in the day: In Mexico City, Trump was sober, serious, and at least a little bit dignified. He modulated his tone of voice. He didn’t shout.

Had he brought a similar approach to the rally in Phoenix, I think people would be taking his remarks much more seriously and paying more attention to the policy rather than the person.