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Trump Readies His State of the Union Address

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ABC News

News, Daily News, Politics

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Facing his worst approval ratings as president, Donald Trump prepares to pitch Americans on his vision for a second year in office. British police arrest a former government official after emails showing his correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein. And Americans in Mexico hunker down as cartel violence rages.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Tuesday, February 24th. He's got allies in the room, but he needs more of them around the country.

0:06.6

You start here.

0:09.7

President Trump prepares his State of the Union address.

0:13.2

This is a chance for him to make his case about his sweeping policy goals directly to millions of Americans.

0:20.0

His approval rating has never been worse, so what can he say tonight to turn the tide?

0:25.0

Police in the UK have arrested another huge name in connection with Jeffrey Epstein.

0:30.4

Peter Mandelson is alleged to have sent sensitive market information to Jeffrey Epstein.

0:37.3

Chargers are not the only consequence here.

0:39.1

This is rattling Britain's entire power structure.

0:42.1

And who's running these tourist towns?

0:44.2

The government or the gangs?

0:46.1

The Americans who are truly in the hotspots right now?

0:49.0

They are stuck where they are.

0:51.0

Cartels have taken the fight to the Mexican government

0:53.6

in ways scarcely thought possible.

0:56.0

From ABC News, this is Start Here. I'm Brad Milkey.

1:02.0

Hello and good morning from the frozen Brooklyn Bureau after a blizzard walloped the East Coast,

1:13.6

from Maine down to Washington, D.C.

1:16.6

But regardless of the weather tonight, we know one thing.

1:19.6

We know President Trump will make the drive down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the Capitol

1:24.6

to give his first official state of the union address since

1:28.3

being sworn in last year.

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