Hello and welcome to The Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer. Every weekday,

we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. This week, the jury in the trial of

Joaquin Guzman, better known as El Chapo, begins deliberating.

He's widely accused of being the head of the world's largest drug cartel.

But others see him as a maligned hero.

We ask what his months-long trial has revealed.

And Japan's schools and businesses have some pretty onerous grooming and wardrobe rules.

In some cases, even sock color is mandated.

But things seem to be changing, though.

Tonight, President Trump will speak to Congress in his annual State of the Union address.

According to the White House, Mr. Trump will make a call for unification and bipartisanship

to heal wounds and bridge divides in government.

Elsewhere, he's still seeking division, namely with his wall on the border with Mexico. So we're building the wall. It's getting built one way or the other. There's intense speculation about whether he will try to fund the wall by declaring a state of emergency. Are you saying now you expect to declare a national... I don't want to say, but you'll hear the State of the Union, and then you'll see what happens right after the State of the Union, okay? State the Union's an important set piece in American politics, guaranteed large TV audience for the President, and an opportunity for the President to, again, get people talking about what his agenda is. John Prudeau is our United States editor. As ever, there have been some trails from the White House.

Jason, I can reveal exclusively that it will be an inspiring vision of American greatness.

And not only that, but the speech will be optimistic, unifying, but also inspiring.

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The upshot then is a call for bipartisanship and peace, love and harmony in Congress

and indeed all over the world, right? What are people going to make of that?

There will be more of a call for bipartisanship than in your typical Trump rally speech.

But equally, I think it's important to remember that the White House thinks that the president,

you know, normally is unifying and bipartisan. That's not the impression that you get if you read his critics.

But, you know, the White House said similar things around the previous state of the Union.

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