Throughout the 2016 presidential race, we saw a repeated pattern. Whenever Donald Trump's erratic behavior and self-created controversies began to look like a serious threat to his campaign, his aides would schedule a prepared speech before a sober audience. Trump would dutifully read what had been written for him, usually looking bored, but sounding calm and tempered compared to his usual self. Journalists and pundits would then wonder if this was a new Trump, more presidential and reasonable than the one we had seen all along.

Donald Trump promised a “new chapter of American greatness” in a speech to Congress that sought to reset relations with his opponents – but was swiftly condemned for inaccurate claims and a lack of detail.

Reporters from The New York Times fact checked President Trump’s first address to Congress.

In a stunning repeat of every other time Donald Trump opened his mouth to emit words, a great number of those words failed to match up with events in the real world. With the help of speechwriters, Trump managed to elevate his speech from the level of a third-grader, to that of a third-grader blandly mocking past presidential speeches. But even if the framing changed, the content was most the same.

President Trump gave an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, outlining his vision for America. "We are one people, with one destiny," Trump said, offering a markedly different tone than his inaugural address, which described a country in crisis.

In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump stuck closely to his prepared remarks, but ran afoul of the facts in some cases.

The president prepared for days, edited until the final hours and managed to stick to a script.

After a blustery start to his presidency, Trump delivered a speech to Congress that projected a more optimistic view of America's path forward. But Democrats remain concerned.

With one speech President Donald Trump set out to unify a divided nation, inspire the future and assure Americans he intends to keep his promises.