{"id":2299362,"date":"2026-02-25T14:52:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2299362"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:52:34","slug":"cbs-tony-dokoupil-reacts-to-trumps-extraordinary-historic-sotu-address-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/cbs-tony-dokoupil-reacts-to-trumps-extraordinary-historic-sotu-address-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS\u2019 Tony Dokoupil Reacts to Trump\u2019s \u2018Extraordinary\u2019 &#038; \u2018Historic\u2019 SOTU Address | Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" false=\"\">\n                                <meta itemprop=\"isAccessibleForFree\" content=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"subscriber-preview\">\n<p>After Trump\u2019s record-breaking 1 hour and 47 minute speech, Dokoupil told viewers, \u201cThe first State of the Union address of Donald J. Trump\u2019s second term is in the books. It was an extraordinary speech, the longest to a joint session in history, the longest State of the Union in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>He went on to say the address was \u201cvintage Trump: combative, populist. Historic for other reasons, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>Dokoupil said Trump touted his impact on the economy, but did so \u201cagainst a wall of negative opinion that we see in our polls.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump&#039;s 2026 State of the Union address and the Democratic response | full coverage\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5VjRSauo8ck?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>However, the \u201cheart of the speech,\u201d Dokoupil stated, was on culture issues. \u201cImmigration, gender, voter I.D., and a line that wasn\u2019t in the script but he ad-libbed, \u2018The first duty of elected officials is to protect Americans, not illegal aliens.\u2019 He seemed at times to be goading Democrats into reacting, and at times they took that bait.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett also addressed Trump\u2019s ad-lib, saying, \u201cWhether it was ad-libbed or not, the first obligation, American citizens versus illegal aliens, was meant to create a visual moment of perpetual contrast. It oversimplifies the issue dramatically. But if anyone has learned how to master that art, some call it a dark art, in American presidential politics, it\u2019s Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tncms-region-article_instory_middle\" class=\"tncms-region hidden-print\">\n<div id=\"tncms-block-699365\" class=\"tncms-block\">\n<section id=\"block-699365\" class=\"block emphasis-h3   \">\n<div class=\"card-grid   card-img-md card-compact\">\n<div class=\" row\">\n<div class=\" col-sm-4 last-grid-item\">\n<article id=\"card-summary-699365-b764adca-06af-50f2-9961-98149093bae8\" class=\"tnt-asset-type-article clearfix card summary has-image image-top inherit letterbox-style-default  tnt-section-lifestyles tnt-sub-section-entertainment\">\n<div class=\"card-container\">\n<div class=\"card-image card-image-top\">\n<div class=\"media-preview-b764adca-06af-50f2-9961-98149093bae8 media-preview article-asset \" data-aspect=\"4:3\">\n<figure class=\"photo layout-horizontal letterbox-style-default\">\n<div class=\"image\">\n<p>                    <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kpcnews.com\/lifestyles\/entertainment\/article_b764adca-06af-50f2-9961-98149093bae8.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Movies and TV shows casting across the US\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>Ahead of Trump\u2019s address, Dokoupil sat down with Mike Johnson, where he asked the House Speaker about some Democrats boycotting the president\u2019s SOTU.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s detestable that members would boycott the speech,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cWe\u2019ve never done that. It doesn\u2019t matter if there\u2019s a Democrat president, you go and respect the office, you respect the decorum, the institution, the tradition of having had this speech made.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>This came after several Democrats, including Sens. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Chris Murphy of Connecticut, Tina Smith of Minnesota, and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, planned to attend the \u201cPeople\u2019s State of the Union\u201d at the National Mall at the same time as Trump\u2019s address.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>\u201cWe play for one team,\u201d Johnson added. \u201cWe\u2019re all for America.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subscriber-only\" style=\"display:none\">\n<div class=\"post-block\">\n<div class=\"post-block\">\n<div class=\"post-block\">\n<div class=\"post-block\">\n<div class=\"post-block\">\n<p><strong><em>CBS Evening News With Tony Dokoupil<\/em>, Weeknights, 6:30\/5:30c, CBS<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5&appId=283129931792540\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.kpcnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Trump\u2019s record-breaking 1 hour and 47 minute speech, Dokoupil told viewers, \u201cThe first State of the Union address of Donald J. 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