Posted on 02/24/2026 6:12:27 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday is likely to be a test run of the message Republicans will give to voters in November's elections for control of the House and the Senate.
The president and his party appear vulnerable, with polls showing much of America distrusts how Trump managed the government in his first year back in office. In addition, the Supreme Court last week struck down one of the chief levers of his economic and foreign policy by ruling he lacked the power to impose many of his sweeping tariffs.
Though Trump is expected to focus on domestic issues, his intensifying threats about launching military strikes on Iran over its nuclear program cast a shadow over the address.
Here are a few things to watch as Trump tries to make his case:
Economy & Immigration
Blame Everything on Brandon
Foreign Policy
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"Trump has made the State of the Union his own
The State of the Union used to be about recapping accomplishments and seeking to unite the country, but it increasingly reflects divisions in society.
'What you're going to expect is some version of a campaign speech in which the Democrats are the villains, the Republicans he likes are the heroes, and he is the savior not only of the nation but of the globe,' said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a communications professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Trump supporters might cherish the moment in 2020 when the president midspeech reunited a military family. He also bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio host and author who died in 2021. But that moment turned off Democrats who saw Limbaugh as a destructive figure in political media.
While some presidential phrases endure, much of the rhetoric in State of the Unions is forgettable. And with Trump — who's known for veering off-script — there's a good chance a stray comment or a social media post could step on his message."
Trump should pretend the Democrats do not exist. Please do We’ve got a job to do. I wish he would implement more conservative policies but his populism will work for now.
The first thing he should do is surround Omar the Somali Turdmaker’s “people who have been detained” with ICE agents in the bleachers. If those Skinnies try to make a scene, arrest them.
AP -trash
“’What you’re going to expect is some version of a campaign speech in which the Democrats are the villains, the Republicans he likes are the heroes, and he is the savior not only of the nation but of the globe,’ said Kathleen Hall Jamieson, a communications professor at the University of Pennsylvania.”
That’s not the case? :-) Trump has had a good year and will just tell the truth which may be painful for democrats to hear.
I am expecting him to slam his fist on the podium in front of the Wehrmacht in subdued lighting.
Oh...that’s the other guy. Nevermind.
Agreed.
AP
ALL PROPAGANDA
Will the dems sit on their hands when President Trump points to the US Hockey team in the gallery? They did for the little boy fighting cancer.
Not with their thumbs in their ears. I expect them to feel that they have to behave worse.
“...polls showing much of America distrusts how Trump managed the government in his first year back in office...”
Yeah, they mistrusted him all the way to their bank.
wy69
Do these Americans believe we were better off under Joe Biden? Or would have been better off with Kamala Harris as POTUS?
Mamdani in New York should give them a preview of what the likes of Newsom will impose if elected POTUS.
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