I totally caught that.  He would say something and she would frantically start searching the papers.    I have seen more than a half century of SOTUs.  I have NEVER ONCE Noticed any Speaker even touch those papers, let alone keep looking and shuffling them.  At first I thought she was purposely distracting, but then it seemed that she was distracting HERSELF more than anyone else. Chess?  Poker?  Tiddlywinks?  It don't matter, he is Gamer-in-Chief, without doubt.