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Some cracks appear in Trump coalition before State of the Union
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US President Donald Trump will deliver the first true State of the Union address of his second term on Feb 24.
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Campbell Robertson, Ruth Igielnik
For a decade now, the coal region of north-eastern Pennsylvania has been Trump country, a stretch of post-industrial cities inhabited by disillusioned former Democrats who embody what the president calls “my base”.
On the night of Feb 24, when President Donald Trump delivers the first true State of the Union address of his second term, this base is by and large still standing behind their President.
