President Trump is getting ready for his first State of the Union address tonight. Trump is expected to cheer the ongoing strength of the economy, the soaring stock market, deregulation, and the big Republican tax cuts that he signed into law last month. The speech before a joint session of Congress is scheduled to begin shortly after 9 p.m. and you’ll hear it live on News Radio 1290 WJNO. Coverage begins at 9.
President Trump will use his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night to extend an olive branch across the aisle and signal he’s willing to make bipartisan deals on second-year-agenda priorities like immigration and infrastructure, officials say.
But what’s less clear is whether the president will get buy-in from Democrats, who have been bashing his immigration deal proposals and who are wary of helping him secure policy victories in a midterm election year.
“I think Donald Trump is going to offer the Democrats certain deals,” Bill McGurn, a former speechwriter to George W. Bush, said on “Fox and Friends” ahead of the speech. “They may not like the terms [on] immigration, infrastructure and so forth. One of the questions will be: can they take yes for an answer?”