President Joe Biden gives his first State of the Union address at a time of international upheaval. Polling shows that Americans don’t trust Biden when it comes to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It’s the latest manifestation of how American satisfaction with Biden and the direction of the country have turned sharply negative since the last time Biden addressed a joint session of Congress last April.
Biden has one of the worst approval ratings going into his first inaugural address of any president in the polling era. And his decline seems to come from younger Americans and non-Democrats who once supported the Democratic president. CONTINUED
Harry Enten, CNN
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