Medals, Insults and A Very Long Speech

奖牌、侮辱与一场冗长的演说

What A Day

2026-02-25

20 分钟
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Trump’s State of the Union address had everything — if by “everything,” you mean easily fact-checkable lies. We also got fearmongering and racism about Somali immigrants… Trump’s frequently used claim that Democrats can only win elections if they cheat… and a lot of awards for members of the armed services. But his overall message was the same we get every single day on Truth Social in between rants about cable television hosts and misused punctuation: we are the hottest country in the world and everything is awesome and great. So to talk more about the longest State of the Union speech in history, we spoke with two people who were covering it from D.C.: Crooked News Editor Greg Walters and What A Day Newsletter writer Matt Berg. Show Notes: Call Congress – 202-224-3121 Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/y4y2e9jy What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Wednesday, February 25th.

  • I'm Jane Kostin, and this is What A Day,

  • the show that is blaming President Woodrow Wilson for why we all spent two hours watching President Donald Trump award so many medals.

  • From 1800 to 1913, the State of the Union was a letter to Congress.

  • Woodrow Wilson, a terrible person who also resegregated the federal workforce,

  • reinstated the in-person speech thinking, what if everyone just watched me talk instead?

  • God, I hate Woodrow Wilson.

  • On today's show,

  • we're up late bringing you the highlights and lowlights from the State of the Union.

  • Trump's speech had everything.

  • If by everything you mean easily fact-checkable lies.

  • Like this line, for example.

  • It was July 4th of last year when flood waters tore through a girl's summer camp in Central Texas.

  • One of the worst things I've ever seen.

  • I was there.

  • He was not there.

  • On July 4th, 2025,

  • he was signing his big Republican spending law debacle disaster adventure on the south lawn of the White House.

  • But don't worry, we got fear mongering and racism about Somali immigrants too.

  • He also told horrifying and tragic stories in front of the families of the people who were forced to endure them to get the audience on board with anti-immigrant diatribes.