demonstrating to vladimir putin that the world is serious about cracking down on his behavior. let me ask you while i have you, congressman, about the state of the union. president biden delivers his first speech on tuesday, as you have probably heard us discussing. i understand you have a special guest for the address. can you tell us anything more about it, any and more broadly, what do you want to hear from the president right now on tuesday? well, i want to hear, of course, what he s planning for the remainder of the year and what he will do to help the economy grow in our country. americans are frustrated we have been living under two years of a pandemic. and, so, i know the president will be talking about those very important things. but another issue i believe he will address and something that the house of representatives will address this week is making right by our iraq and afghanistan war veterans who were exposed to burn pits over the years. burn pits for this generat
nato if he had a second term. he tried to draw down a third of u.s. troops in germany during his term. he tried to break up nato. he was, you know opposing the western alliance. he was supporting the russian and doing it for one reason and one reason only, they were helping him. russian television this week has been saying when is he coming back? they have been celebrating the comments of mike pompeo. you know, russian television misses donald trump. yeah. it is incredible when you think about it. guys, stick around for a moment. we still have a little bit more to discuss, including president biden s delivery of the state of the union address on tuesday against the backdrop of a war going on in europe. my panel is staying to break down what we can expect to hear on that front. on that front.
was serious. it was uplifting where it needed to be, talking about the his vision. but it was also realistic. and i think that s what folks can expect to hear from the president. this upcoming tuesday. and it will be very somber, but it will have to be uplifting as well, and it will have to be real and empathetic. i think the white house really understands that and they are going for striking the proper balance here. politicians are always mindful of approval ratings. it is not something that guides their policies but they re also not immune to those numbers. the president s approval rating is at a 33%. that s pretty low according to a new abc washington post poll. what does president biden need to do to address in the state of the union to get through to voters ahead of the midterms with that low approval rating? yeah. well, it is kind of tough. we already knew going into
the president s approval since the shutdown have dropped to some of the lowest since his presidency. are you concerned about the fundamentals of his favorable ratings heading into 2020? do you think there might be a legitimate republican challenge? no, i don t think there will be a legitimate republican challenge. i think the president has maintained his hold within the republican electorate very well. i think most republicans agree with him about their concern on the border and are supportive of it. on the other hand, i think you win politics by addition, not subtraction and division. so you need to reach out to some people who didn t vote for you. you didn t win a majority of the votes last time. at some point you need to start adding people to your side as opposed to just holding on to what you ve got. i think the president s got a great opportunity to do that in the state of the union address on tuesday, and i am hopeful that he will take that. certainly there s some pretty enc
where we point fingers at one another and try to determine who the winner and loser is. the president s approval since the shutdown have dropped to some of the lowest since his presidency. are you concerned about the fundamentals of his favorable ratings heading into 2020? do you think there might be a legitimate republican challenge? no, i don t think there will be a legitimate republican challenge. i think the president has maintained his hold within the republican electorate very well. i think most republicans agree with him about their concern on the border and are supportive of it. on the other hand, i think you win politics by addition, not subtraction and division. so you need to reach out to some people who didn t vote for you. you didn t win a majority of the votes last time. at some point you need to start adding people to your side as opposed to just holding on to what you ve got. i think the president s got a great opportunity to do that in the state of the union addres