The Ezra Klein Show · 2026-02-25 · 48 min · 8,050 words

Trump’s Fantasy State of the Union

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So imagine you're Donald Trump, or maybe you're one of Donald Trump's political advisors, or his kids, one of the ones who doesn't want to lose the midterms and start getting your crypto and AI trades investigated by congressional Democrats. So you're there and you're planning out last night's State of the Union. What would you do? Well, you'd probably start with a problem. that you need to solve.

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