President Trump promises to make America great again for all citizens in first State of the Union Address
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US President Donald Trump has promised to make America great again for all citizens. In his first State of the Union address, Trump said this is our new American Moment and there has never been a better time to start living the American dreams. He said, small business confidence is all time high and unemployment is at a 45-year low. President said, his administration has created 2.4 million jobs and has undertaken biggest tax cut.
Addressing a deeply divided Congress and nation, President Trump called for bipartisan efforts on issues like infrastructure and immigration.
Trump said America has also finally turned the page on decades of unfair trade deals that sacrificed our prosperity and shipped away our companies, our jobs and our nation’s wealth. Trump said, as pledged by him last year, Coalition forces have liberated almost 100 percent of the territory once held by Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria. But there is much more needs to be done, Trump said.
Trump called for unity and touted what he sees as accomplishments on foreign policy and the economy, during his first State of the Union address on Tuesday.
“Tonight, I call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out common ground, and to summon the unity we need to deliver for the people we were elected to serve,” Trump said.
He said the Coalition will continue its fight until ISIS is defeated. Trump said past experience has taught us that complacency and concessions only invite aggression and provocation. The US President said, he will not repeat the mistakes of the past Administrations that got America into this dangerous position. He extended an open hand to work with members of both parties, Democrats and Republicans, to protect American citizens, of every background, colour, and creed.
The speech lacked the trademark personal attacks that Trump frequently directs at his critics. But many Democrats in the chamber appeared unimpressed, jeering at several points.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 30, 2018.
Outside the Capitol, at least 100 protesters gathered in subfreezing temperatures, shouting obscenities and waving a lighted sign reading “LIAR” as the presidential motorcade passed by.
After a year in office, Trump’s approval rating stands at 39 percent, according to the respected FiveThirtyEight polling average. That is lower than any other modern president at this stage of their first term.