Full of hubris and bravado, the State of the Union Address was classic Trump – the showman who knows how to work a crowd. 

In the chamber there was plenty of love, but on the streets of America the President’s popularity has been falling.

Today, US journalist Steve Clemons, editor at large of The National Interest- on the speech and the spectacle – how did Trump’s state of the union go down, and what does it all mean for the midterms.

 

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Guest: Steve Clemons, Editor at Large of The National Interest

Photo: Kenny Holston/Pool/Sipa USA

Full of hubris and bravado, the State of the Union Address was classic Trump &ndash; the showman who knows how to work a crowd.&nbsp;
In the chamber there was plenty of love, but on the streets of America the President&rsquo;s popularity has been falling.
Today, US journalist Steve Clemons, editor at large of The National Interest- on the speech and the spectacle &ndash; how did Trump&rsquo;s state of the union go down, and what does it all mean for the midterms.
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Guest: Steve Clemons, Editor at Large of The National Interest
Photo:&nbsp;Kenny Holston/Pool/Sipa USA

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