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Hi, this is Jen. Just a quick heads up before we start the show. We opened our phone lines for reactions from you about President Donald

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Thank you. You can email us at 1A at wamu.org. Tuesday night, President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address of his second term.

Our nation is back. Bigger, better, richer, and stronger than ever before.

It comes at a pivotal moment in Trump's presidency.

Approval of his performance and policies have hit new lows among the American people,

even on once-winning issues like immigration and the economy.

Add to that last week's Supreme Court ruling that overturned the administration's global tariffs,

a centerpiece of his agenda, and sudden pressure was on Trump to reset the narrative of his presidency,

especially in the face of looming fears that Democrats could take back the House in the midterm elections.

So what did we hear from the president? Did he outline a vision for Republicans to carry into November?

We'll also break down the Democratic response presented by Virginia's new Democratic governor, Abigail Spanberger.

I'm Jen White. You're listening to a special call and taping of the 1A podcast. We'll be back with

more after this short break. Stay with us.

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More information is available at Hewlett.org. Let's start the conversation with our panel for today. Joining us is Arthur Delaney. He's a senior reporter at HuffPost. Arthur, welcome back. Always great to see you. Great to be here. And Josh Wingrove, he's Washington correspondent and senior White House reporter at Bloomberg News. Nice have you back, Josh. Thank you for having me. Also with us is Andra Gillespie. She's director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute and a professor of political science at Emory University. Andre, it's always great to have you. Thanks for having me. And we're hearing from many of you, including from some future voters. Hello, my name is Savian Smith. I'm a senior at the Isle, Texas, Arlington Grand Prairie High School. When I look at the State of the Union, I see there's distrust like never before. Many political leaders make promises they cannot keep, and many of the laws that are being passed and they're being called constitutional are barely scraping by the Bill of Rights. This is fueling an atmosphere of distrust and confusion and making the people feel that power does not belong to them. I want progress. With both parties

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