SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images A former Trump official is warning the president could be in trouble if he doesn’t nail his State of the Union speech. The unnamed ex-official, with insider knowledge of Tuesday’s speech, said it will be typically firebrand—but admitted that the administration knows that it is on the back foot after a series of public flops. “It’s an offensive speech, but the backdrop of it all is that they’ve been in a defensive posture for several weeks now,” they told Politico . Read more at The Daily Beast.