US EditionPresident Donald Trump's State of the Union Address Broke the Record for Length. Here's How It Compares
Trump surpassed Bill Clinton's record by nearly 20 minutes, setting a new high for the longest spoken State of the Union address, according to The American Presidency Project.
- Delivering his first State of the Union, Trump addressed a joint session of the 119th Congress recently, setting a record with a speech lasting one hour and 48 minutes.
- Planned to be long, Trump aimed to address pressing issues including the economy, continuing his pattern of long first term addresses with a March 2025 joint address near one hour and 40 minutes.
- The American Presidency Project data shows Trump and Clinton occupy most of the longest modern State of the Union slots since 1964.
- Clocking one hour and 48 minutes, the address set a new benchmark, about 20 minutes longer than Bill Clinton’s 2000 speech lasting one hour, 28 minutes and 49 seconds.
- Earlier, Trump had lengthy addresses such as 1:24:58 in 2019 and 1:22:25 in 2018, while Nixon’s shortest record is 28 minutes, 55 seconds.
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