President Donald Trump set a record for the longest State of the Union address since 1964, surpassing President Bill Clinton's record in 2000.
President Donald Trump's speech last year, although not officially a State of the Union address, also lasted nearly 1 hour and 40 minutes.
President Donald Trump's State of the Union address this year mentioned a series of domestic and foreign affairs issues of the United States.
Below are noteworthy details from the US President's speech.
Regarding the economy, Mr. Trump began his speech by highlighting a series of encouraging economic indicators while soothing concerns about the cost of living that is spreading among Americans.
President Donald Trump announced that he has attracted 18 trillion USD of investment into the US since returning to power.
In 12 months, I have attracted investment commitments of more than 18 trillion USD from all over the world," he said in his State of the Union address.
Regarding immigration, Mr. Trump praised the US-Mexico border while emphasizing that the United States will "always allow people to enter legally".
In his State of the Union address, Mr. Trump mentioned the profound efforts of his administration to abolish the Nationwide Diversity, Equity and Integration (DEI) programs, declaring that DEI was "ending".
About Venezuelan oil President Trump said that the US has received "more than 80 million barrels of oil" from Venezuela, less than 2 months after the US arrested President Nicolás Maduro.
President Donald Trump said: "US oil production has increased by more than 600,000 barrels per day, and we have just received from our new friend and partner, Venezuela, more than 80 million barrels of oil.
He emphasized that US gas production is at a record high because he has fulfilled his campaign commitment.
In his speech, President Trump said that US attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities last year "erased" the country's nuclear weapons program.
Mr. Trump said that his priority is to resolve the deadlock with Iran through diplomacy, but said Tehran has not committed to not developing nuclear weapons. "We have not heard those secret words: We will never have nuclear weapons" - Mr. Trump said.
The US President also declared that Iran is developing missiles capable of attacking the US. "They have developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our bases abroad, and they are striving to build missiles that will soon reach the US," he said.
