What Do Courage, Polling, And Delegated Powers Tell Us About America Now

The WallBuilders Show

Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green

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🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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What happens when a speech turns the room into a live referendum on first principles? We break down a State of the Union that fused patriotic theater with hard policy bets—calling for voter ID through the SAVE Act, pressing tariffs despite a legal speed bump, and elevating faith and service as shared civic anchors. The showmanship was unmistakable: Team USA hockey winding through the press as chants rose, pointed “stand up” moments that drew sharp lines, and tributes to veterans and everyday ...

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0:00.0	This is the intersection of faith and culture. Thanks for joining us on the Wall Builders
0:10.3	Show today. It's Foundations of Freedom Thursday. And of course, the foundations are being rebuilt
0:15.4	in this country. And the other night, the State of the Union from President Trump. A lot of
0:19.2	people had asked us what we thought about it. So we thought we should spend a little time on that before we get to other questions regarding the foundations of the country. Yesterday had the second half of our Governor Patrick, Lieutenant Governor of Texas interview, and so didn't get our State of the Union responses in there. So we'll do a little bit of that today and maybe get to some other questions as well. Rick Green here with David Barton and Tim Barton. And our websites are wallbuilders.com and wallbuilders.
0:42.3	And speaking of show, the master showman, literally like no stagecraft, like no other president in history.
0:51.8	I just have this image in my mind, guys, of him shaming the
0:56.6	Democrats, literally pointing at them and telling them shame on you for not even, you know,
1:02.1	clapping or standing for American citizens, for protecting him. I mean, it was multiple times
1:07.8	and then even shaming them for their past policies. Anyway, I just thought it was a masterful display.
1:12.9	What did y'all think?
1:14.0	Well, I'm curious, were y'all more surprised that, A, Federman wore a suit, that, B, none of the Democrats stood up when Trump says everybody, you're ready to stand up.
1:27.1	If you think the American government should protect American citizens
1:30.6	over illegal immigrants and none of the Democrats stood up,
1:34.8	or see that Al Green got kicked out again.
1:38.8	Which one surprised you more?
1:43.1	Is there all of the above or none of the above?
1:46.7	None of the above.
1:47.5	Now, if you're saying none of the above, that means you expected all of them.
1:50.4	Actually, Al Green's not surprising to me.
1:53.5	Democrats not standing up, not surprising.
1:56.0	But some of the things they chose not to stand up for, it was almost as ridiculous
2:00.4	when who was the young man who had the, what was it, the brain tumor, the cancer, and he was honored.
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