The Fox News Rundown Will the State of the Union Calm Economic Anxieties?
Feb 24, 2026
Alex Berenson, former New York Times reporter and Substack writer on public health and drug policy. Gen. Jack Keane, retired four-star general and strategic analyst specializing in the Russia-Ukraine war. Matt Whitlock, Republican strategist focused on messaging, the economy, and immigration. They discuss how the State of the Union will tackle affordability, immigration enforcement strategy, Ukraine’s military needs and prospects for negotiations, and cannabis coverage shifts.
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Deregulation Sells Better With Concrete Price Examples
- Cutting regulations is positioned as a driver of affordability, but it's an abstract argument.
- Whitlock warns the link is academic, so tangible examples like lower pump prices matter for voters to connect policy to outcomes.
Pair Empathy With Policy To Improve Credibility
- Balance empathy with bold ideas: acknowledge hardship while proposing new solutions.
- Whitlock recommends pairing sympathetic language with creative measures to show effort on affordability.
Use Stakes And Popular Policies To Rally Voters
- Do present clear stakes for keeping Republicans in power by linking the president's agenda to future threats of reversal.
- Whitlock suggests laying out what Democrats would undo and highlighting high-support policies like voter ID.
