Wednesday, February 25
Good Morning America
ABC News
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Live from ABC News headquarters in New York City. |
| 0:05.0 | This is Good Morning America. |
| 0:07.0 | First last night's speech. |
| 0:09.0 | Facing his lowest ever approval ratings, President Trump delivered the longest ever state of the Union. |
| 0:13.0 | A mix of feel-good moments spotlighting popular Americans and partisan attacks ahead of the midterm elections. |
| 0:19.0 | Many Democrats boycotted the address, some shouting back at the president and others walking out of the chamber. |
| 0:24.6 | Our senior political correspondent, Rachel Scott, starts us off at the White House. |
| 0:28.6 | Good morning, Rachel. |
| 0:29.6 | Michael, good morning to you, and President Trump said it was going to be a long speech, |
| 0:33.6 | and it was breaking records at one hour and 48 minutes. |
| 0:36.6 | But it's clear the president was hoping for a bit of a reset here at a critical midterm election year, |
| 0:41.3 | projecting confidence about the economy as he faces his toughest poll numbers yet. |
| 0:46.3 | Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States. |
| 0:50.3 | In a marathon State of the Union address, President Trump telling the American people the U.S. is winning, even as he faces his lowest approval ratings of his second term. |
| 1:02.0 | This is the golden age of America. |
| 1:04.0 | With polls showing he is losing ground on the economy, Trump painting a rosy picture ahead of the midterms, trying to convince wary voters |
| 1:11.5 | Republicans can deliver. |
| 1:13.5 | Our country is winning again. |
| 1:15.5 | In fact, we're winning so much that we really don't know what to do about it. |
| 1:21.0 | But the president also keenly aware he just suffered a massive blow to his economic agenda, |
| 1:25.9 | coming face to face with some of the very justices |
| 1:28.2 | who declared most of his sweeping tariffs unconstitutional, including Justice Amy Coney |
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