Tamara Keith

He suggested he would move quickly to reconsider if the suit were tweaked.

In a social media post, Trump called the opinion great news for America and said the ballroom is ahead of schedule and under budget.

Tamara Keith, NPR News, the White House.

When it came to the economy...

He didn't say there was more work to do or suddenly start channeling the pain of voters.

Instead, he boasted of a transformation like no one has ever seen before.

And he doubled down on his tariffs, the bulk of which were just thrown out by the Supreme Court.

And a reminder, tariffs are widely unpopular.

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

I'm Tamara Keith.

I cover the White House.

And we are in your feeds a little bit later than usual because we stayed up to hear President Trump give his first State of the Union address of this second term.

The White House went into tonight promising a speech that would celebrate President Trump's victories, elevate the stories of American heroes, and offer an agenda for the future.

Over a record-breaking one hour and 48 minutes, he presented a vision of the country that was in need of saving, from the economy to immigration and culture wars.

I want to ask you, Domenico and Mara, in one word, how would you describe the speech?

Sort of a mission accomplished moment there.

Mara, are you going to have better luck at coming up with one word?

Yeah, and the White House is promising he's going to take the show on the road, delivering this midterm message all over the country.

Sam, you were in the room tonight in the House chamber.

There were a lot of things that listening and watching here in the studio, it was a little hard to tell what was happening, but it seems like there were some back and forths happening.