Cabot Phillips

just rarely stood to applaud for nearly anything that Trump said, including a number of the guests that he brought out.

And that really became one of the big stories of the night.

Democrats had counter-programming running all day long.

They held a just sparsely attended event outside the Capitol during the address.

One of our reporters was there.

And Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger offered the official response.

But the big story on the left was the constant interrupting of Trump from Democratic lawmakers.

More than 50 liberal members chose not to attend, but those who were in attendance routinely and very loudly heckled the president.

They were led by squad members Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.

After one particularly long and loud back and forth, Trump had this to say.

So all in all, it was a very late and very wild night in Washington.

President Trump using the occasion to celebrate American exceptionalism and tout the progress of the last year while Democrats fought him at every turn.

The White House seems very content with those optics.

We'll see, though, how voters respond.

Yeah, now that President Trump's military buildup in the Middle East is complete, he has a range of options at his disposal, and the world is waiting to see which way he'll go.

White House officials say that he could launch limited strikes on nuclear facilities in the coming days with the message, you know, capitulate or we will go harder.

He could also specifically target the Supreme Leader and also his son, who's widely viewed as his successor.

Or he could simply keep these forces in place and allow negotiations to continue, albeit with a very different dynamic than before.

Now, Iranian officials on social media and during speeches across Iran have sort of taunted the U.S., vowing to, you know, send our warships and aircraft carriers to the bottom of the sea.

But on Sunday, as the U.S.