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One POTUS speech: two different heard

by CT Mirror Staff March 1, 2026 @ 4:30 am

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One POTUS speech: two different heard

by CT Mirror Staff, CT Mirror
March 1, 2026

					<h1>One POTUS speech: two different heard</h1>
<p class="byline">by CT Mirror Staff, CT Mirror <br />March 1, 2026</p>
					
<p>Last week, President Donald Trump delivered the first <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-transcript-state-of-union-2026-c13e2a07df999b464b733f4a6e84dbd4" id="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-transcript-state-of-union-2026-c13e2a07df999b464b733f4a6e84dbd4">State of the Union speech of his second term.</a> People around the world heard dramatically different messages, as these two opinions from Connecticut writers reflect.</p>
<p>You may read and compare their reaction to the President's address:</p>
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<p><a href="https://ctmirror.org/2026/02/25/sou-goldstein/" id="https://ctmirror.org/2026/02/25/sou-goldstein/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>A new Golden Age for the U.S.A.</strong></a></p>
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<p><a href="https://ctmirror.org/2026/02/25/the-2026-state-of-the-union-kania/" id="https://ctmirror.org/2026/02/25/the-2026-state-of-the-union-kania/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>Make American great again -<em>for everyone</em></strong></a></p>
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President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. Credit: Jessica Koscielniak / Pool Photo via AP

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