Trump in retreat? State of the Union arrives amid 'very rough patch'
USA TODAY
“They’re in a very rough patch,” said Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy, whose survey recently had Trump's approval rating at 37%.
President Donald Trump's aggressive second-term agenda already was faltering when the Supreme Court delivered a hammer blow.
The court's 6-3 decision released Feb. 20 invalidating Trump's use of emergency powers to enact sweeping tariffs shattered a pillar of his economic agenda. It's also the latest in a series of other setbacks, from his withdrawal of immigration agents in Minneapolis to his retreat on seizing Greenland.
The backpedaling and defeats come amid falling poll numbers, massive anti-Trump demonstrations, strong election performances by Democrats and other signs that the political mood is shifting hard against the Republican president, setting the stage for a high-stakes State of the Union address on Feb. 24, the first of his second administration.
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The primetime speech from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, comes at a critical time for Trump as he tries to combat increasingly negative views about his performance and deliver a message that can reverse the GOP’s dire outlook for the 2026 midterm elections, which historically favor the party out of power.
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