While President Donald Trump may not be the most popular person in Washington, there was one place Tuesday night where he was a rock star: at the hotel in the nation's capital that bears his name.

As the outside world debated the polarizing president's State of the Union address, inside the Trump International Hotel, just a short way down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, his fans were out in full blaze.

Supporters stood three-deep at the bar inside the palatial building, gathered to hear Trump elucidate his review of his first year in office and the road ahead.

There was no mistaking the mood in the room, where the bar was full and nearly every table was reserved.

"I'm very pleased with how he's led the country so far, with the way he has directed the economy," said Katie Price, a 24-year-old from California who works with a recruiting firm and thus considers herself an atypical Trump supporter. "He's made us listen, and it's made us think about the things we believe in."