Intro

US President Donald Trump spent almost two hours outlining what he believes to be a myriad of achievements on the economy and immigration. 

It’s the longest State of the Union address ever recorded.  

But has the US president convinced voters that his first year in office has been a raging success and can he turn his tanking popularity around before the mid-term elections in November.  

Today, Emma Shortis, a US politics expert at the progressive think tank, the Australia Institute, on Trump’s State of the Union address.  

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Emma Shortis, Director of the Australia Institute's International & Security Affairs Program