Trump's State of the Union address.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term (Trump addressed a joint session of Congress last year, but it was not an official State of the Union). During the speech, Trump focused predominantly on domestic issues, but said that he would “never” allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. His speech lasted approximately one hour and 48 minutes, surpassing last year’s speech as the longest presidential address to Congress in modern history.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:12.5 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the T angle podcast, the place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 0:27.3 | I'm your host, Isaac Salland on today's episode. We're going to be talking predictably about the state of the union address that President Donald Trump delivered last night. |
| 0:36.4 | I'm going to share some views from the left and the right, and then, of course, my take. |
| 0:40.3 | Joining me on the podcast today is Associate Editor Audrey Moorhead, who's going to break down today's main story, |
| 0:46.0 | and I'll be back for my take. |
| 0:59.2 | Thanks, Isaac. This is Associate editor Audrey Moorhead. |
| 1:02.3 | And today's topic is Trump's State of the Union address. |
| 1:05.0 | But before we get into that, here are some quick hits. |
| 1:12.0 | Number one, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratclcliffe briefed top congressional leaders on U.S. relations with Iran as President Donald Trump |
| 1:17.5 | reportedly weighs military action against the country. |
| 1:20.6 | Number two. The Pentagon said that the U.S. military seized a ship in the Indian Ocean |
| 1:25.3 | allegedly linked to illicit oil shipments out of Venezuela. |
| 1:29.1 | It was the third such ship seizure carried out under sanctions imposed by President Trump. |
| 1:34.4 | Number three. In a five to four decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Postal Service |
| 1:39.5 | cannot be sued over mail that was intentionally misdelivered. The case centered on a dispute between a landlord |
| 1:45.3 | and postal workers in Texas. Number four, the Trump administration is reportedly considering |
| 1:50.7 | executive action to require banks to collect citizenship information from customers. Number five, |
| 1:57.4 | the House failed to pass a bill that would require aircraft operators to equip aircraft with a safety system that broadcast the craft's precise location, altitude, and speed. |
| 2:08.7 | The bill, which the Senate passed unanimously in December, was introduced in the wake of the January 2025 air accident in Washington, D.C. that killed 67 people. |
| 2:18.7 | The Pentagon reportedly raised last-minute objections to some of its provisions. |
| 2:32.9 | Our country is winning again. |
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