Trump To Make Economic Pitch | Balance of Power: Early Edition 2/24/2026

On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. On today’s show, former White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Republican Senator Ted Budd of North Carolina and Center for Strategic and International Studies Senior Adviser Gregory Allen.

Chapters:
00:00:00 – Balance of Power: Early Edition Begins
00:04:30 – Tyler Kendall, Bloomberg News
00:06:44 – Marc Short, Fmr. Director of Legislative Affairs for President Trump
00:15:05 – Rick Davis & Jeanne Sheehan Zaino
00:20:54 – Sen. Ted Budd (R) North Carolina
00:32:45 – Gregory Allen, Center for Strategic and International Studies
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