Interviews with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey; Former Vice President Mike Pence; Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego

State of the Union

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🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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On CNN’s State of the Union, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey joins Jake to respond to news that the Trump administration is putting hundreds of active-duty troops on standby to deploy to Minnesota. Frey told Jake, “I never thought in a million years that we would be invaded by our own federal government.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Escalation.
0:06.0	The Trump administration expands its crackdown on Minnesota and targets local officials.
0:12.0	End this occupation. You've done enough.
0:15.0	This is not creating safety.
0:18.0	How will they respond?
0:19.0	Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry joins me in moments.
0:21.6	Plus, not for sale.
0:23.6	Greenland not for sale.
0:25.6	Made America go away.
0:27.6	President Trump won't take no for an answer on Greenland.
0:30.6	They put a tariff on countries if they don't go along with Greenland, because we need Greenland.
0:34.6	Is he jeopardizing America's alliances?
0:36.6	His former Vice President Mike Pence weighs in ahead.
0:40.2	And taking stop one year in.
0:42.9	Americans hand Trump a dismal report card.
0:45.5	What might that mean for the midterms?
0:47.3	Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego joins me live.
0:49.7	Plus, our political panel breaks it all down.
0:59.0	Thank you. Our political panel breaks it all down. Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is ratcheted up.
1:02.9	President Trump is aggressively challenging norms domestically and internationally and risky high-stakes standoffs.
1:08.9	On the global front, President Trump's determination to add
1:11.7	Greenland to the United States by seemingly any means necessary risks blowing up the NATO alliance.
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