Live PBS coverage of Trump’s State of the Union speech offered a surprising balance to the usual liberal tilt. They allowed Tiffany Smiley to sit on the set and be strongly pro-Trump in her analysis, especially at the end, when she ripped Gov. Abigail Spanberger as a fake moderate and a “Trojan horse for the far-left policies” of the Democrats.
PBS anchor Geoff Bennett began by suggesting Trump was “objectively weakened,” as if PBS were anything close to objective: “The president comes into tonight’s speech objectively weakened. He’s got the Supreme Court setback on tariffs. He’s got his slumping approval numbers. He’s got warning signs for Republicans in the midterms. How does he use this speech as a moment to reset?” Smiley rebutted that typical take, talking about Trump accomplishments like “no tax on tips” resonating with voters this year.
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