You're listening to Code Switch, I'm Shireen Marisol Maraji.

And I'm Jean Demby.

Less than one year has passed since I first stood at this podium in this majestic chamber

to speak on behalf of the American people and to address their concerns, their hopes,

and their dreams.

That's President Trump obviously giving his very first state of the Union speech, and this

is our state of the Union episode looking at some of our concerns, some of the stuff

we think is important going into Trump's second year in office.

And while President Trump only mentioned it once, our state of the Union will talk a lot

about Puerto Rico, where more than 3 million Americans live.

And hundreds of thousands have been doing that without power for months.

And you just hear like the incredible, like, mounting frustration and even like desperation

in some people's voices.

Our teammate Adrian Floreto updates us on what he's been seeing and hearing in Puerto

Rico, including news that he broke about FEMA ending food and water aid this week.

And Jean, can we honestly talk about the state of the Union without checking in on the

state of white nationalism?

Shireen, we cannot.

In the United States, of course, the Donald Trump phenomenon has really been something.

That's Mark Potalk.

He spent the last 20 years tracking hate groups and says you cannot ignore the Trump effect.

He has done a whole lot to normalize extremism in this country, to normalize white nationalist

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