The annual speech is required by the Constitution and allows the president to outline his administration's priorities and give Congress an assessment on the health of the nation.
Jenna Ellis is the host of Jenna Ellis in the Morning on American Family Radio.
"The State of the Union has turned into more of a political speech in the modern era than actually what the U.S. Constitution intended it for, and I've no doubt that President Trump is going to talk about ICE and immigration accomplishments, tariffs, the economy and then also project forward what his plans are for the midterms — of course we're in a midterm year — also what he plans to accomplish over the next three years."
Expect Trump to lay out his economic achievements and his plans to address affordability too.
Trump plans to highlight recent economic data, tax cuts, and policies like the “no tax on tips” and “no tax on overtime” from his “big, beautiful bill,” while announcing new measures to address affordability, including requiring tech companies to pay for AI-related electricity costs.
Democrats will counter with a response from newly seated Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a move Ellis does not believe will be successful.
“It's almost the same as if the Democrats had Zohran Mamdani give their rebuttal. I mean this is just an agenda that is completely antithetical to what America stands for to certainly conservative values, to traditional American values. I think that we'll see that kind of rhetoric on full display. And I don't think that that's going to ultimately be very successful for them."
Ellis believes the Democrats may be grooming Spanberger for potential higher office.
