President Trump stuck mostly to the script on Tuesday night as he delivered a one hour and 20 minute long State of the Union address to Congress.
Amid calls for unity and bipartisanship, the president turned his focus for 2018 toward two major issues: infrastructure and immigration. Polling showed the message connected with two-thirds of viewers, but Congressional Democrats largely panned the speech.
For more on the State of the Union from NPR’s Domenico Montanaro, click here.
Guests:
Caroline Heldman, associate professor of politics at Occidental College and author of “
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Lanhee Chen, research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and former policy director for the Romney-Ryan 2012 presidential campaign; he tweets