President Trump Delivers Longest State of the Union Address on Record and the Graffiti Towers Have a New Owner

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🗓️ 26 February 2026

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President Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address on record Tuesday night, presenting an upbeat, defiant vision of America. But recent polling tells a different story: 57% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the economy and 64% disapprove of his tariff policy. Meanwhile, Dr. Casey Means, Trump's controversial nominee for U.S. surgeon general, testified before the Senate on Wednesday seeking confirmation after the role sat empty for over a year. And in Los Angeles, autonomous delivery robots require an entire field team to keep them clean, charged, and safe, creating a new gig economy job: robot wranglers. In business, developer Kali P. Chaudhuri has agreed to purchase downtown Los Angeles’ unfinished Oceanwide Plaza that became infamous for its graffiti, and Public Storage becomes the latest company to leave California. Read more at https://LATimes.com.

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0:00.0	This is an LA Times Studios podcast. Members of Congress, the state of our union is strong. Our country is winning again.
0:49.3	In fact, we're winning so much that we really don't know what to do about it.
0:56.5	People are asking me, please, please, please, please, Mr. President, we're winning too much.
1:02.2	We can't take it anymore. We're not used to winning in our country. And then just four days ago, an unfortunate ruling from the United States Supreme
1:30.8	Port.
1:31.6	It just came down.
1:32.8	It came down.
1:34.0	Very unfortunate ruling.
1:38.2	But the good news is that almost all countries and corporations want to keep the deal that they already made, right, Scott,
1:47.8	knowing that the legal power that I as president have to make a new deal could be far worse for them. costs are too high in housing, health care, energy, and child care.
2:21.3	And I know these same conversations are being had all across this country.
2:27.3	Because since this president took office last year,
2:31.3	his reckless trade policies have forced American families to pay more than $1,700 each in tariff costs. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. Today's children are projected to live shorter, sicker lives than their parents.
3:32.6	We spend trillions annually on reactive sick care.
3:36.2	Nearly 150 million Americans are on federal health care programs, and we spend $50 billion per year on research.
3:43.5	Yet outcomes are worsening and it's a good. And that's a good one of the people's and it's a good.
4:15.0	I'm trying to get it.
4:17.0	I'm trying to get me.
4:19.0	I can't.
4:20.0	I can't.
4:21.0	And the way of the people.
4:23.0	So it's a good.
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