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Brent Nelsen comments on speech to joint session of Congress

Brent Nelsen, Department of Politics and International Affairs

Last updated March 5, 2025
Published March 5, 2025

By Tina Underwood


Ahead of President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress March 4, Furman University’s Brent Nelsen spoke to FOX Carolina News about how the speech might unfold. Nelsen, the Jane Fishburne Hipp Professor of Politics and International Affairs, said Trump would treat the address as a campaign rally and explain domestic policy issues including the border and trimming federal bureaucracy. Nelsen’s commentary ran several times during FOX Carolina’s morning news broadcast.

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