Democratic strategist Joe Trippi and celebrated political author Joe Klein have seen a lot of State of the Union speeches over the years. Some have shaped American policy for decades, others have redefined presidential legacies in real time.
Usually, though, they’re just a laundry list of great-sounding promises that may or may not be revisited in the following year. The Joes rank Trump’s 2026 speech, and let us know whether they think it’ll go down in history or as an afterthought.
