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State of the Union: Trump Touts 'Turnaround for the Ages', Says US Has Achieved 'Transformation Like No One Has Seen'

  • On February 24, 2026, President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union in the House Chamber, describing his first year back as a historic transformation in a marathon address.
  • After a widely criticized deleted video of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama, Trump said he should be in a third term despite the 22nd Amendment's two-term limit while promoting his TrumpRx initiative.
  • Trump called the economy 'roaring' and defended his tariff stance during a record address, highlighting 2025 tax cut measures and Trump accounts for newborns that could reach $100,000 with modest contributions.
  • His border and deportation remarks provoked fierce exchanges, with Trump’s crediting of border closures triggering intense floor reactions, while Republican leaders showed support.
  • With low approval and ongoing controversies, the address intersects with unresolved Jeffrey Epstein files and narrow congressional margins, as Democratic lawmakers and survivors pressed the issue Tuesday.
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Washington and New York. In the most watched national political show of the year, President Donald Trump tried to impose his version of a reality that does not exist for most Americans, claiming that the country has never been better than now under his leadership, has achieved almost the impossible both inside and outside the United States and that “this is the golden age” of that nation, in the longest presidential report ever.

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In his annual State of the Union address to the US Congress, President Trump emphasized the economic successes he believes have been achieved under his leadership. He praised low gasoline prices, but exaggerated their significance. He also touted the lowest inflation in five years and promised to reduce rising drug costs. He also stated that more than $18 trillion in foreign investment had been received in his country in a single year, a figure …

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