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14 分钟President Trump uses his State of the Union to celebrate an economic turnaround many voters aren't seeing.
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It's Wednesday, February 25th.
I'm Daniel Bach for The Wall Street Journal, filling in for Luke Vargas.
And here's the AM edition of What's News,
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We begin in Washington where President Trump has given the longest date of the Union address in US history.
Referring to his first year in office as a turnaround for the ages.
In a speech full of showmanship and patriotism,
Trump celebrated his immigration enforcement operations and heralded his economic agenda.
At a time when polls show him struggling to connect with the public on the economy and Republicans bracing for a challenging midterm election.
Our White House reporter Meredith McGraw has been covering the speech from Washington throughout the night and joins me now.
Meredith, what did you make of the address?
The goal of President Trump's speech really was to promote his record during his first year back in office and try to make the case to the American people that he's working to make their lives safer and more affordable.
After just one year,
I can say with dignity and pride that we have achieved a transformation like No one has ever seen before.
And they turn around for the ages.