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Trump’s State-of-the-Union sales job already looks brittle
The White House spent February 25 selling Trump’s February 24 State of the Union as the start of a midterm message, but the pitch still has to clear a familiar hurdle: voters who remain focused on costs. Trump used the address to boast about economic progress and a tougher world posture, while the follow-up effort tried to turn that into a durable political case. That gap — between what the White House says has changed and what many Americans still feel — is the weak spot.