Then he laughed again, uproariously this time, as though he was both startled at his own boldness and embarrassed by what he had let on.

It was a pep talk about how the good in America that can overcome these dark days: cute and fairly clever, if not uproariously funny.

Clinton, his Democratic rival, smiled through most of it, laughing uproariously at some of the tamer jokes, nodding her head at others.