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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">February 28, 2017<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2017-02-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time</th><td class="infobox-data" style="text-align: left;">9:00 p.m. <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">EST</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Duration</th><td class="infobox-data" 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personal</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Business_career_of_Donald_Trump" title="Business career of Donald Trump">Business career</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Trump_Organization" title="The Trump Organization">The Trump Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wealth_of_Donald_Trump" title="Wealth of Donald Trump">wealth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tax_returns_of_Donald_Trump" title="Tax returns of Donald Trump">tax returns</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_career_of_Donald_Trump" title="Media career of Donald Trump">Media career</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Apprentice_(American_TV_series)" title="The Apprentice (American TV series)"><i>The Apprentice</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Donald_Trump" title="Bibliography of Donald Trump">bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_filmography" title="Donald Trump filmography">filmography</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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Trump Presidential Library">Presidential library</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">Tenure</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_executive_actions_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of executive actions by Donald Trump">Executive actions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_executive_orders_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of executive orders by Donald Trump">executive orders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_proclamations_by_Donald_Trump" title="Lists of proclamations by Donald Trump">proclamations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump">pardons</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump">Trips</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump">foreign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_(2017)" title="List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2017)">'17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_(2018)" title="List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2018)">'18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_(2019)" title="List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2019)">'19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidential_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_(2020%E2%80%9321)" title="List of presidential trips made by Donald Trump (2020–21)">'20–'21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namaste_Trump" title="Namaste Trump">Namaste Trump</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Korean_peace_process" title="2018–19 Korean peace process">North Korea summits</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2018_North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_Singapore_Summit" title="2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_North_Korea%E2%80%93United_States_Hanoi_Summit" title="2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit">Hanoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Koreas%E2%80%93United_States_DMZ_Summit" title="2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit">DMZ</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Riyadh_summit" title="2017 Riyadh summit">Riyadh summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Russia%E2%80%93United_States_summit" title="2018 Russia–United States summit">Helsinki summit</a></li> <li>Shutdowns <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2018_United_States_federal_government_shutdown" title="January 2018 United States federal government shutdown">January 2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%932019_United_States_federal_government_shutdown" title="2018–2019 United States federal government 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or misleading statements by Donald Trump">False or misleading statements</a></li> <li>Killings <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Death_of_Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi" title="Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi">al-Baghdadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Soleimani" title="Assassination of Qasem Soleimani">Soleimani</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_U.S._troop_withdrawal_from_Afghanistan" title="2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan">Afghanistan withdrawal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trumpism" title="Trumpism">Trumpism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump%E2%80%93TikTok_controversy" title="Donald Trump–TikTok controversy">TikTok controversy</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style=""><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Donald_Trump" title="Political positions of Donald Trump">Policies</a></div><div class="hidden-content 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Trump">first</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_judges_appointed_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump">second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Gorsuch_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination">Gorsuch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Kavanaugh_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination">Kavanaugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Coney_Barrett_Supreme_Court_nomination" title="Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination">Barrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Supreme_Court_candidates" title="Donald Trump Supreme Court candidates">Supreme Court candidates</a></li></ul></li> <li>Executives <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Office_appointments_by_Donald_Trump" title="Executive Office appointments by Donald Trump">first</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Office_appointments_by_Donald_Trump" title="Executive Office appointments by Donald Trump">second</a></li></ul></li> <li>U.S. Attorneys <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_attorneys_appointed_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of United States attorneys appointed by Donald Trump">first</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_attorneys_appointed_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of United States attorneys appointed by Donald Trump">second</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style=""><a href="/wiki/Political_career_of_Donald_Trump" title="Political career of Donald Trump">Presidential campaigns</a></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2000_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2000 presidential campaign">2000</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2000_Reform_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2000 Reform Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign">2016</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2016 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rallies_for_the_2016_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign" title="List of rallies for the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign">rallies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Donald_Trump_Las_Vegas_rally_incident" title="2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident">Las Vegas incident</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_National_Convention" title="2016 Republican National Convention">convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2016 United States presidential debates">debates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again" title="Make America Great Again">Make America Great Again</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Never_Trump_movement" title="Never Trump movement">Never Trump movement</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign" title="List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign">people</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape" title="Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape"><i>Access Hollywood</i> tape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trump_Tower_wiretapping_allegations" title="Trump Tower wiretapping allegations">wiretapping allegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spygate_(conspiracy_theory)" title="Spygate (conspiracy theory)">Spygate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign">2020</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2020 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li> <li>endorsements <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign_political_endorsements" title="List of Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign political endorsements">political</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign_non-political_endorsements" title="List of Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign non-political endorsements">non-political</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Republicans_who_opposed_the_Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign" title="List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign">opposition</a></li> <li><a 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States presidential election">election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2024 Republican Party presidential primaries">primaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign_endorsements" title="List of Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign endorsements">endorsements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Republicans_who_oppose_the_Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Republicans who oppose the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign">opposition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_eligibility_of_Donald_Trump" title="Presidential eligibility of Donald Trump">eligibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agenda_47" title="Agenda 47">Agenda 47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rallies_for_the_2024_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign" title="List of rallies for the 2024 Donald Trump presidential campaign">rallies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_National_Convention" title="2024 Republican National Convention">convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2024 United States presidential debates">debates</a></li> <li>assassination attempts <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump_in_Pennsylvania" title="Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania">PA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks" title="Thomas Matthew Crooks">perpetrator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_raised-fist_photographs" title="Donald Trump raised-fist photographs">photographs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump_in_Florida" title="Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida">FL</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Wesley_Routh" title="Ryan Wesley Routh">suspect</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div 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href="/wiki/Second_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump" title="Second impeachment of Donald Trump">Second impeachment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" title="January 6 United States Capitol attack">Capitol attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_impeachment_trial_of_Donald_Trump" title="Second impeachment trial of Donald Trump">Senate trial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_expungements_of_the_impeachments_of_Donald_Trump" title="Proposed expungements of the impeachments of Donald Trump">Proposed expungements</a></li></ul> </div></div> <hr /> <div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="">Civil and criminal prosecutions</div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_(election_obstruction_case)" title="Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (election obstruction case)">2020 election federal indictment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_(classified_documents_case)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal prosecution of Donald Trump (classified documents case)">Classified documents federal indictment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Smith_special_counsel_investigation" title="Smith special counsel investigation">special counsel investigation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FBI_investigation_into_Donald_Trump%27s_handling_of_government_documents" title="FBI investigation into Donald Trump's handling of government documents">Plasmic Echo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FBI_search_of_Mar-a-Lago" title="FBI search of Mar-a-Lago">FBI search of Mar-a-Lago</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trump_v._United_States_(2022)" title="Trump v. United States (2022)">Trump v. United States</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosecution_of_Donald_Trump_in_New_York" title="Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York">New York indictment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stormy_Daniels%E2%80%93Donald_Trump_scandal" title="Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal">Stormy Daniels scandal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_McDougal#Affair_with_Donald_Trump" title="Karen McDougal">Karen McDougal affair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_investigations_of_the_Trump_Organization" title="New York investigations of the Trump Organization">financial fraud</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_election_racketeering_prosecution" title="Georgia election racketeering prosecution">Georgia election indictment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2020_Georgia_election_investigation" title="2020 Georgia election investigation">Georgia election investigation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mug_shot_of_Donald_Trump" title="Mug shot of Donald Trump">mug shot</a></li></ul></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> addressing the Congress, with Vice President <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Mike Pence</a> and House Speaker <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Paul Ryan</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trump_address_to_joint_session_of_Congress.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Trump_address_to_joint_session_of_Congress.jpg/250px-Trump_address_to_joint_session_of_Congress.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Trump_address_to_joint_session_of_Congress.jpg/375px-Trump_address_to_joint_session_of_Congress.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Trump_address_to_joint_session_of_Congress.jpg/500px-Trump_address_to_joint_session_of_Congress.jpg 2x" data-file-width="599" data-file-height="337" /></a><figcaption>View from the Executive Gallery of the House Chamber</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States" title="List of presidents of the United States">45th</a> <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a>, addressed a <a href="/wiki/Joint_session_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Joint session of the United States Congress">joint session of the United States Congress</a> on February 28, 2017. It was his first public address before a joint session. Similar to a <a href="/wiki/State_of_the_Union" title="State of the Union">State of the Union Address</a>, it was delivered before the <a href="/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress" title="115th United States Congress">115th United States Congress</a> in the Chamber of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol" title="United States Capitol">United States Capitol</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Washington_Post_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Washington_Post-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Presiding over this joint session was the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">House speaker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Paul Ryan</a>, accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Mike Pence</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">vice president</a> in his capacity as the <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States#President_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Vice President of the United States">president of the Senate</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Donald_Trump_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fact-checkers noted that although Trump's speech to Congress had "fewer untrue statements than many of his remarks",<sup id="cite_ref-LATimesFact_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimesFact-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the address nevertheless included numerous false and misleading statements on a variety of issues, including the federal budget, <a href="/wiki/Immigration_and_crime" title="Immigration and crime">immigration and crime</a>, <a href="/wiki/Immigration#Economic_effects" title="Immigration">immigration and the economy</a>, welfare, and the job impact of the <a href="/wiki/Keystone_XL" class="mw-redirect" title="Keystone XL">Keystone XL</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dakota_Access_Pipeline" title="Dakota Access Pipeline">Dakota Access Pipelines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LATimesFact_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LATimesFact-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The speech<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was considered more optimistic, conciliatory<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and politically conventional<sup id="cite_ref-auto_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "presidential"<sup id="cite_ref-5_Takeaways_NYT_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5_Takeaways_NYT-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> than Trump's typically <a href="/wiki/Populist" class="mw-redirect" title="Populist">populist</a> manner of speaking, at a time in which he was receiving historically low approval ratings.<sup id="cite_ref-5_Takeaways_NYT_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5_Takeaways_NYT-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> President Trump’s approval rating was 53% on February 24, 2017, according to Rasmussen Reports - Presidential Daily Poll.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Speech">Speech</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Donald_Trump_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Speech"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>President Trump announced the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Victims_of_Immigration_Crime_Engagement" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement">Office of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement</a> (VOICE) in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">United States Department of Homeland Security</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-theindependentcreates_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-theindependentcreates-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Veterans_Affairs" title="United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs">Veterans Affairs Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Shulkin" title="David Shulkin">David Shulkin</a> was the <a href="/wiki/Designated_survivor" title="Designated survivor">designated survivor</a> and did not attend the address in order to maintain a <a href="/wiki/Continuity_of_government" title="Continuity of government">continuity of government</a>. He was sequestered at a secret secure location for the duration of the event. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Democratic_responses">Democratic responses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Donald_Trump_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Democratic responses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, former Kentucky Governor <a href="/wiki/Steve_Beshear" title="Steve Beshear">Steve Beshear</a> provided the response; activist Astrid Silva of Nevada offered another response for the party in Spanish.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beshear spoke at a <a href="/wiki/Diner" title="Diner">diner</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington, Kentucky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a> of <a href="/wiki/Vermont" title="Vermont">Vermont</a> (an independent who caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate) responded to the speech in a 14-minute video posted to Facebook, in which he criticized Trump for failing to make any mention of <a href="/wiki/Income_inequality" class="mw-redirect" title="Income inequality">income inequality</a>, <a href="/wiki/Criminal_justice_reform" title="Criminal justice reform">criminal justice reform</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reiss_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reiss-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sanders also stated: "President Trump once again made it clear he plans on working with Republicans in Congress who want to repeal the <a href="/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" title="Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a>, throw 20 million Americans off of health insurance, privatize <a href="/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)" title="Medicare (United States)">Medicare</a>, make massive cuts in Medicaid, raise the <a href="/wiki/Prescription_drug_prices_in_the_United_States" title="Prescription drug prices in the United States">cost of prescription drugs</a> to seniors, eliminate funding for <a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a>, while at the same time, he wants to give another massive tax break to the wealthiest Americans."<sup id="cite_ref-Reiss_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reiss-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the Democratic think-tank <a href="/wiki/Center_for_American_Progress" title="Center for American Progress">Center for American Progress</a>, Trump made 51 false or manipulative statements during his speech.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Viewership">Viewership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Donald_Trump_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Viewership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Trump's speech was aired live on 11 broadcast and cable news networks, and viewed on TV by an estimated 47.7 million people in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Total cable and network viewers</b><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Network</th> <th>Viewers </th></tr> <tr style="background:#e5d1cb;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox News Channel">FNC</a></td> <td>10,765,000 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dfe2e9;"> <td><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></td> <td>9,144,000 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dfe2e9;"> <td><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a></td> <td>7,156,000 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dfe2e9;"> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></td> <td>6,065,000 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e5d1cb;"> <td><a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a></td> <td>3,944,000 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#dfe2e9;"> <td><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a></td> <td>3,076,000 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e5d1cb;"> <td><a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a></td> <td>2,683,000 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" 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States Congress">List of joint sessions of the United States Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2018 State of the Union Address">2018 State of the Union Address</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Donald_Trump_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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Address"><b>1793</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/George_Washington%27s_Sixth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:George Washington's Sixth State of the Union Address"><b>1794</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/George_Washington%27s_Seventh_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:George Washington's Seventh State of the Union Address"><b>1795</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1796_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1796 State of the Union Address"><b>1796</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/John_Adams" title="John Adams">J. Adams</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1797_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1797 State of the Union Address"><b>1797</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1798_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1798 State of the Union Address"><b>1798</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1799_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1799 State of the Union Address"><b>1799</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1800_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1800 State of the Union Address"><b>1800</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Jefferson</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1801_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1801 State of the Union Address">1801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1802_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1802 State of the Union Address">1802</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Thomas Jefferson's Third State of the Union Address">1803</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Thomas Jefferson's Fourth State of the Union Address">1804</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1805_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1805 State of the Union Address">1805</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson%27s_Sixth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Thomas Jefferson's Sixth State of the Union Address">1806</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson%27s_Seventh_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Thomas Jefferson's Seventh State of the Union Address">1807</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson%27s_Eighth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Thomas Jefferson's Eighth State of the Union Address">1808</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">Madison</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Madison%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_address" class="extiw" title="s:James Madison's First State of the Union address">1809</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1810_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1810 State of the Union Address">1810</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Madison%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Madison's Third State of the Union Address">1811</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Madison%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Madison's Fourth State of the Union Address">1812</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Madison%27s_Fifth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Madison's Fifth State of the Union Address">1813</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1814_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1814 State of the Union Address">1814</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1815_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1815 State of the Union Address">1815</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1816_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1816 State of the Union Address">1816</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">Monroe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Monroe%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Monroe's First State of the Union Address">1817</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Monroe%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Monroe's Second State of the Union Address">1818</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Monroe%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Monroe's Third State of the Union Address">1819</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Monroe%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Monroe's Fourth State of the Union Address">1820</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Monroe%27s_Fifth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Monroe's Fifth State of the Union Address">1821</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Monroe%27s_Sixth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Monroe's Sixth State of the Union Address">1822</a></li> <li><span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Monroe%27s_Seventh_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Monroe's Seventh State of the Union Address">1823</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Monroe_Doctrine" title="Monroe Doctrine">Monroe Doctrine</a>)</small></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1824_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1824 State of the Union Address">1824</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams" title="John Quincy Adams">J. Q. Adams</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1825_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1825 State of the Union Address">1825</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams%27_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:John Quincy Adams' Second State of the Union Address">1826</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1827_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1827 State of the Union Address">1827</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1828_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1828 State of the Union Address">1828</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Jackson" title="Andrew Jackson">Jackson</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1829_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1829 State of the Union Address">1829</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1830_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1830 State of the Union Address">1830</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Andrew Jackson's Third State of the Union Address">1831</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1832_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1832 State of the Union Address">1832</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson%27s_Fifth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Andrew Jackson's Fifth State of the Union Address">1833</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson%27s_Sixth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Andrew Jackson's Sixth State of the Union Address">1834</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson%27s_Seventh_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Andrew Jackson's Seventh State of the Union Address">1835</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1836_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1836 State of the Union Address">1836</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren" title="Martin Van Buren">Van Buren</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1837_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1837 State of the Union Address">1837</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_address" class="extiw" title="s:Martin Van Buren's Second State of the Union address">1838</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_address" class="extiw" title="s:Martin Van Buren's Third State of the Union address">1839</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_address" class="extiw" title="s:Martin Van Buren's Fourth State of the Union address">1840</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">Tyler</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/John_Tyler%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:John Tyler's First State of the Union Address">1841</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1842 State of the Union Address">1842</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/John_Tyler%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:John Tyler's Third State of the Union Address">1843</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/John_Tyler%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:John Tyler's Fourth State of the Union Address">1844</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/James_K._Polk" title="James K. Polk">Polk</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_K._Polk%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James K. Polk's First State of the Union Address">1845</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1846_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1846 State of the Union Address">1846</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_K._Polk%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James K. Polk's Third State of the Union Address">1847</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_K._Polk%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James K. Polk's Fourth State of the Union Address">1848</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Zachary_Taylor" title="Zachary Taylor">Taylor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Zachary_Taylor%27s_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Zachary Taylor's State of the Union Address">1849</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Fillmore</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Millard Fillmore's First State of the Union Address">1850</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Millard Fillmore's Second State of the Union Address">1851</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1852_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1852 State of the Union Address">1852</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce">Pierce</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Pierce's First State of the Union Address">1853</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Pierce's Second State of the Union Address">1854</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Pierce's Third State of the Union Address">1855</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1856 State of the Union Address">1856</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">Buchanan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Buchanan%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Buchanan's First State of the Union Address">1857</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/James_Buchanan%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:James Buchanan's Second State of the Union Address">1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1859 State of the Union Address">1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1860 State of the Union Address">1860</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Lincoln</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1861_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1861 State of the Union Address">1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1862 State of the Union Address">1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1863 State of the Union Address">1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1864 State of the Union Address">1864</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" title="Andrew Johnson">A. Johnson</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1865_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1865 State of the Union Address">1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1866 State of the Union Address">1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1867 State of the Union Address">1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1868 State of the Union Address">1868</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:32%;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Grant</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Ulysses S. Grant's First State of the Union Address">1869</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Ulysses S. Grant's Second State of the Union Address">1870</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Ulysses S. Grant's Third State of the Union Address">1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1872 State of the Union Address">1872</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant%27s_Fifth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Ulysses S. Grant's Fifth State of the Union Address">1873</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant%27s_Sixth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Ulysses S. Grant's Sixth State of the Union Address">1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1875 State of the Union Address">1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1876 State of the Union Address">1876</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes" title="Rutherford B. Hayes">Hayes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1877_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1877 State of the Union Address">1877</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes%27_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Rutherford B. Hayes' Second State of the Union Address">1878</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes%27_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Rutherford B. Hayes' Third State of the Union Address">1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1880 State of the Union Address">1880</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur" title="Chester A. Arthur">Arthur</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Chester A. Arthur's First State of the Union Address">1881</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Chester A. Arthur's Second State of the Union Address">1882</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Chester A. Arthur's Third State of the Union Address">1883</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Chester A. Arthur's Fourth State of the Union Address">1884</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Cleveland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Grover Cleveland's First State of the Union Address">1885</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Grover Cleveland's Second State of the Union Address">1886</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Grover Cleveland's Third State of the Union Address">1887</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Grover Cleveland's Fourth State of the Union Address">1888</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison" title="Benjamin Harrison">Harrison</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Benjamin Harrison's First State of the Union Address">1889</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Benjamin Harrison's Second State of the Union Address">1890</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1891_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1891 State of the Union Address">1891</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Benjamin Harrison's Fourth State of the Union Address">1892</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grover_Cleveland" title="Grover Cleveland">Cleveland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1893_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1893 State of the Union Address">1893</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland%27s_Sixth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Grover Cleveland's Sixth State of the Union Address">1894</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1895_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1895 State of the Union Address">1895</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland%27s_Eighth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Grover Cleveland's Eighth State of the Union Address">1896</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/William_McKinley" title="William McKinley">McKinley</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1897_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1897 State of the Union Address">1897</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/William_McKinley%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:William McKinley's Second State of the Union Address">1898</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/William_McKinley%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:William McKinley's Third State of the Union Address">1899</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1900_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1900 State of the Union Address">1900</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">T. Roosevelt</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1901_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1901 State of the Union Address">1901</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Theodore Roosevelt's Second State of the Union Address">1902</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1903_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1903 State of the Union Address">1903</a></li> <li><span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Theodore Roosevelt's Fourth State of the Union Address">1904</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_Corollary" title="Roosevelt Corollary">Roosevelt Corollary</a>)</small></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt%27s_Fifth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Theodore Roosevelt's Fifth State of the Union Address">1905</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1906_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1906 State of the Union Address">1906</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt%27s_Seventh_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Theodore Roosevelt's Seventh State of the Union Address">1907</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1908 State of the Union Address">1908</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/William_Howard_Taft" title="William Howard Taft">Taft</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:William Howard Taft's First State of the Union Address">1909</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:William Howard Taft's Second State of the Union Address">1910</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:William Howard Taft's Third State of the Union Address">1911</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1912_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1912 State of the Union Address">1912</a>*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Wilson</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1913_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1913 State of the Union Address"><b>1913</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1914_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1914 State of the Union Address"><b>1914</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1915 State of the Union Address"><b>1915</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1916_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1916 State of the Union Address"><b>1916</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1917_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1917 State of the Union Address"><b>1917</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1918_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1918 State of the Union Address"><b>1918</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson%27s_Seventh_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Woodrow Wilson's Seventh State of the Union Address">1919</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1920_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1920 State of the Union Address">1920</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Warren_G._Harding" title="Warren G. Harding">Harding</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding%27s_First_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Warren G. Harding's First State of the Union Address"><b>1921</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Warren G. Harding's Second State of the Union Address"><b>1922</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge" title="Calvin Coolidge">Coolidge</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1923_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1923 State of the Union Address"><b>1923</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Calvin Coolidge's Second State of the Union Address">1924</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Calvin Coolidge's Third State of the Union Address">1925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1926 State of the Union Address">1926</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1927_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1927 State of the Union Address">1927</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge%27s_Sixth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Calvin Coolidge's Sixth State of the Union Address">1928</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Hoover</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1929_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1929 State of the Union Address">1929</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1930_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1930 State of the Union Address">1930</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover%27s_Third_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Herbert Hoover's Third State of the Union Address">1931</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Herbert Hoover's Fourth State of the Union Address">1932</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">F. Roosevelt</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1934_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1934 State of the Union Address"><b>1934</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt%27s_Second_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Second State of the Union Address"><b>1935</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1936 State of the Union Address"><b>1936</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt%27s_Fourth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Fourth State of the Union Address"><b>1937</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1938_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1938 State of the Union Address"><b>1938</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1939 State of the Union Address"><b>1939</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1940 State of the Union Address"><b>1940</b></a></li> <li><span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt%27s_Eighth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Eighth State of the Union Address"><b>1941</b></a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Four_Freedoms" title="Four Freedoms">Four Freedoms</a>)</small></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt%27s_Ninth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Ninth State of the Union Address"><b>1942</b></a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt%27s_Tenth_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Tenth State of the Union Address"><b>1943</b></a></li> <li><span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt%27s_Eleventh_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="extiw" title="s:Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Eleventh State of the Union Address"><i>1944</i></a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Second_Bill_of_Rights" title="Second Bill of Rights">Second Bill of Rights</a>)</small></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1945 State of the Union Address">1945</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:32%;"><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Truman</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1946 State of the Union Address">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1947 State of the Union Address"><b>1947</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1948 State of the Union Address"><b>1948</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/1949_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1949 State of the Union Address"><b>1949</b></a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Fair_Deal" title="Fair Deal">Fair Deal</a>)</small></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1950_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1950 State of the Union Address"><b>1950</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1951 State of the Union Address"><b>1951</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1952 State of the Union Address"><b>1952</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_1953_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="January 1953 State of the Union Address">1953</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Eisenhower</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1953_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="February 1953 State of the Union Address"><b>1953</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1954 State of the Union Address"><b>1954</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1955 State of the Union Address"><b>1955</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1956 State of the Union Address"><i>1956</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1957_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1957 State of the Union Address"><b>1957</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1958 State of the Union Address"><b>1958</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1959 State of the Union Address"><b>1959</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1960 State of the Union Address"><b>1960</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_12,_1961,_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="mw-redirect" title="January 12, 1961, State of the Union Address">1961</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">Kennedy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_30,_1961,_State_of_the_Union_Address" class="mw-redirect" title="January 30, 1961, State of the Union Address"><b>1961</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1962 State of the Union Address"><b>1962</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1963 State of the Union Address"><b>1963</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">L. Johnson</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/1964_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1964 State of the Union Address"><b>1964</b></a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/War_on_poverty" title="War on poverty">War on poverty</a>)</small></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1965 State of the Union Address"><b>1965</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1966_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1966 State of the Union Address"><b>1966</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1967 State of the Union Address"><b>1967</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1968 State of the Union Address"><b>1968</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1969 State of the Union Address"><b>1969</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Nixon</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1970 State of the Union Address"><b>1970</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1971 State of the Union Address"><b>1971</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1972 State of the Union Address"><b>1972</b></a><sup>†</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1973_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1973 State of the Union Address"><i>1973</i></a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1974 State of the Union Address"><b>1974</b></a><sup>†</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Ford</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1975_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1975 State of the Union Address"><b>1975</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1976 State of the Union Address"><b>1976</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1977 State of the Union Address"><b>1977</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Carter</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1978_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1978 State of the Union Address"><b>1978</b></a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1979 State of the Union Address"><b>1979</b></a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1980 State of the Union Address"><b>1980</b></a><sup>†</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1981 State of the Union Address">1981</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Reagan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1981_Ronald_Reagan_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="February 1981 Ronald Reagan speech to a joint session of Congress"><b>1981</b></a><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1982 State of the Union Address"><b>1982</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1983 State of the Union Address"><b>1983</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1984 State of the Union Address"><b>1984</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1985_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1985 State of the Union Address"><b>1985</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1986 State of the Union Address"><b>1986</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1987 State of the Union Address"><b>1987</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1988 State of the Union Address"><b>1988</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">G. H. W. Bush</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1989_George_H._W._Bush_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="1989 George H. W. Bush speech to a joint session of Congress"><b>1989</b></a><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1990 State of the Union Address"><b>1990</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1991 State of the Union Address"><b>1991</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1992 State of the Union Address"><b>1992</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Clinton</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_1993_Bill_Clinton_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="February 1993 Bill Clinton speech to a joint session of Congress"><b>1993</b></a><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1994 State of the Union Address"><b>1994</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1995 State of the Union Address"><b>1995</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1996 State of the Union Address"><b>1996</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1997_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1997 State of the Union Address"><b>1997</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1998 State of the Union Address"><b>1998</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1999 State of the Union Address"><b>1999</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2000 State of the Union Address"><b>2000</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">G. W. Bush</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2001_George_W._Bush_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="February 2001 George W. Bush speech to a joint session of Congress"><b>2001</b></a><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2002 State of the Union Address"><b>2002</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2003 State of the Union Address"><b>2003</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2004 State of the Union Address"><b>2004</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2005 State of the Union Address"><b>2005</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2006 State of the Union Address"><b>2006</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2007 State of the Union Address"><b>2007</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2008 State of the Union Address"><b>2008</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Obama</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2009_Barack_Obama_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="February 2009 Barack Obama speech to a joint session of Congress"><b>2009</b></a><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2010 State of the Union Address"><b>2010</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2011 State of the Union Address"><b>2011</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2012 State of the Union Address"><b>2012</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2013_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2013 State of the Union Address"><b>2013</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2014 State of the Union Address"><b>2014</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2015 State of the Union Address"><b>2015</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2016 State of the Union Address"><b>2016</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Trump</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><b>2017</b></a><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2018 State of the Union Address"><b>2018</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2019 State of the Union Address"><b>2019</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2020 State of the Union Address"><b>2020</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Biden</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Joe_Biden_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress" title="2021 Joe Biden speech to a joint session of Congress"><b>2021</b></a><sup>‡</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2022 State of the Union Address"><b>2022</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2023 State of the Union Address"><b>2023</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2024 State of the Union Address"><b>2024</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>Legend: <b>Address to Joint Session</b></li> <li>Written message</li> <li><i>Written message with national radio address</i><br />* Split into multiple parts</li> <li><sup>†</sup> Included a detailed written supplement</li> <li><sup>‡</sup> Not officially a "State of the Union"<br /><span class="nowrap">Presidents <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison" title="William Henry Harrison">William Henry Harrison</a> (1841) and <a href="/wiki/James_A._Garfield" title="James A. 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style="width:1%">Life and<br />politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Business_career_of_Donald_Trump" title="Business career of Donald Trump">Business career</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Trump_Organization" title="The Trump Organization">The Trump Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personal_and_business_legal_affairs_of_Donald_Trump" title="Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump">legal affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia" title="Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia">business projects in Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials" title="Links between Trump associates and Russian officials">links between business partners and Russian government officials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wealth_of_Donald_Trump" title="Wealth of Donald Trump">wealth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tax_returns_of_Donald_Trump" title="Tax returns of Donald Trump">tax returns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trump_Media_%26_Technology_Group" title="Trump Media & Technology Group">Trump Media & Technology Group</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_career_of_Donald_Trump" title="Media career of Donald Trump">Media career</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Apprentice_(American_TV_series)" title="The Apprentice (American TV series)">The Apprentice</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_American_football" title="Donald Trump and American football">American football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_golf" title="Donald Trump and golf">Golf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_honors_received_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of awards and honors received by Donald Trump">Honors and awards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_positions_of_Donald_Trump" title="Political positions of Donald Trump">Political positions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trumpism" title="Trumpism">Trumpism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_fascism" title="Donald Trump and fascism">Relationship to fascism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhetoric_of_Donald_Trump" title="Rhetoric of Donald Trump">Rhetoric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Conservative_Political_Action_Conference" title="2021 Conservative Political Action Conference">2021 CPAC speech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_endorsements_by_Donald_Trump" title="List of endorsements by Donald Trump">Endorsements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump" title="False or misleading statements by Donald Trump">False or misleading statements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protests_against_Donald_Trump" title="Protests against Donald Trump">Protests</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_protests_against_Donald_Trump" title="Timeline of protests against Donald Trump">timeline</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racial_views_of_Donald_Trump" title="Racial views of Donald Trump">Racial views</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_Donald_Trump" title="Security incidents involving Donald Trump">Security incidents</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2016_Donald_Trump_Las_Vegas_rally_incident" title="2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident">Las Vegas rally incident</a></li></ul></li> <li>Attempted assassinations <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump_in_Pennsylvania" title="Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania">in Pennsylvania</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_raised-fist_photographs" title="Donald Trump raised-fist photographs">raised-fist photographs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks" title="Thomas Matthew Crooks">perpetrator</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump_in_Florida" title="Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida">in Florida</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Wesley_Routh" title="Ryan Wesley Routh">suspect</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Age_and_health_concerns_about_Donald_Trump" title="Age and health concerns about Donald Trump">Age and health concerns</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Family</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ivana_Trump" title="Ivana Trump">Ivana Trump</a> (first wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marla_Maples" title="Marla Maples">Marla Maples</a> (second wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump">Melania Trump</a> (third wife)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr." title="Donald Trump Jr.">Donald Trump Jr.</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivanka_Trump" title="Ivanka Trump">Ivanka Trump</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Trump" title="Eric Trump">Eric Trump</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiffany_Trump" title="Tiffany Trump">Tiffany Trump</a> (daughter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Trump" title="Fred Trump">Fred Trump</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Anne_MacLeod_Trump" title="Mary Anne MacLeod Trump">Mary Anne MacLeod Trump</a> (mother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maryanne_Trump_Barry" title="Maryanne Trump Barry">Maryanne Trump Barry</a> (sister)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Trump_Jr." title="Fred Trump Jr.">Fred Trump Jr.</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Trump" title="Robert Trump">Robert Trump</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Trump" title="Frederick Trump">Frederick Trump</a> (grandfather)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Christ_Trump" title="Elizabeth Christ Trump">Elizabeth Christ Trump</a> (grandmother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Kushner" title="Jared Kushner">Jared Kushner</a> (son-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lara_Trump" title="Lara Trump">Lara Trump</a> (daughter-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Trump" title="Vanessa Trump">Vanessa Trump</a> (former daughter-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaine_Trump" title="Blaine Trump">Blaine Trump</a> (former sister-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amalija_Knavs" title="Amalija Knavs">Amalija Knavs</a> (mother-in-law)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_G._Trump" title="John G. Trump">John G. Trump</a> (uncle)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_L._Trump" title="Mary L. Trump">Mary L. Trump</a> (niece)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Trump_III" title="Fred Trump III">Fred Trump III</a> (nephew)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Whitney_Walter" title="John Whitney Walter">John Whitney Walter</a> (cousin)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_Donald_Trump" title="Bibliography of Donald Trump">Books</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Trump:_The_Art_of_the_Deal" title="Trump: The Art of the Deal">Trump: The Art of the Deal</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trump:_Surviving_at_the_Top" title="Trump: Surviving at the Top">Trump: Surviving at the Top</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trump:_The_Art_of_the_Comeback" title="Trump: The Art of the Comeback">Trump: The Art of the Comeback</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_America_We_Deserve" title="The America We Deserve">The America We Deserve</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trump:_How_to_Get_Rich" title="Trump: How to Get Rich">Trump: How to Get Rich</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Way_to_the_Top" title="The Way to the Top">The Way to the Top</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trump_101" title="Trump 101">Trump 101</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Why_We_Want_You_to_Be_Rich" title="Why We Want You to Be Rich">Why We Want You to Be Rich</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Think_Big_and_Kick_Ass" title="Think Big and Kick Ass">Think Big and Kick Ass</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Time_to_Get_Tough" title="Time to Get Tough">Time to Get Tough</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Midas_Touch_(book)" title="Midas Touch (book)">Midas Touch</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crippled_America" title="Crippled America">Crippled America</a></i> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Campaigns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2000_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2000 presidential campaign">2000 presidential campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign">2016 presidential campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign#Announcement" title="Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign">announcement</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again" title="Make America Great Again">Make America Great Again</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rallies_for_the_2016_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign" title="List of rallies for the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign">rallies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials" title="Links between Trump associates and Russian 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href="/wiki/Presidential_transition_of_Joe_Biden" title="Presidential transition of Joe Biden">Biden transition</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign">2024 presidential campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign#Announcement" title="Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign">annoucement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rallies_for_the_2024_Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign" title="List of rallies for the 2024 Donald Trump presidential campaign">rallies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2024 Republican Party presidential primaries">2024 Republican primaries</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign_primary_endorsements" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign primary endorsements">endorsements</a></li> <li><a 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