Dems Opt Out Of State Of The Union
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
President Trump will deliver the State of the Union address tonight. And spoiler… the state of his particular union isn't great. According to new polling from CNN, Trump's approval rating with Americans is 36%. But – despite everything – Democrats are still not winning over the American people. So how should they respond to tonight's two-hour adventure of non sequiturs, rants, and excessive bronzer? To find out, we spoke to New Jersey Democratic Representative LaMonica McIver. She's delivering a prebuttal to the State of the Union address.
And in headlines, the Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments from oil and gas companies hoping to block lawsuits related to climate change, a U.S. district judge permanently bars the release of a report on Trump's alleged hoarding of classified documents, and the U.S. orders some diplomats and their families in Lebanon to leave the country.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, February 24th. I'm Jane Koston. This is what a day. The show enjoying more of |
| 0:08.5 | President Donald Trump just making stuff up. This time it's sending a hospital ship to Greenland. |
| 0:14.5 | Trump posted on True Social Saturday that a, quote, great hospital ship was headed to Greenland to do |
| 0:19.3 | something for Greenlanders. |
| 0:22.0 | But according to the Wall Street Journal, |
| 0:23.6 | the Pentagon hasn't gotten any orders to send one of our two hospital ships anywhere, |
| 0:27.7 | and both ships are currently being repaired. |
| 0:30.4 | Remember, PDTJMSU, President Donald Trump just makes stuff up. |
| 0:36.6 | Thank you. President Donald Trump just makes stuff up. On today's show, it's a big night for President Trump and likely a very painful night |
| 0:47.8 | for everyone else. |
| 0:49.5 | What will he say about Iran? |
| 0:51.0 | The Supreme Court. |
| 0:52.2 | Groceries. |
| 0:53.4 | His many, many enemies. A lot of Democrats won't be |
| 0:56.7 | sticking around to find out. They have their own plans tonight. We'll tell you all about them. |
| 1:01.6 | So let's start with the state of the union. President Trump will be giving his address tonight, |
| 1:06.0 | and spoiler, the state of his particular union isn't great. According to new polling from CNN, Trump's approval rating with Americans is 36%. |
| 1:14.6 | And on his two biggest issues, immigration and the economy, multiple polls are showing that the president is flailing. |
| 1:21.7 | His numbers with Democrats are bad, which you expected, but there's even been a dip with Republicans. |
| 1:27.2 | CNN's Harry Enten dove into Trump's overwhelming unpopularity on Monday. |
| 1:31.9 | Talking about the lowest Trump has ever been going into the State of the Union, |
| 1:35.0 | the lowest that any president has been this century going in with State of the Union at this point in their presidency. |
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