Highlights From Trump’s State of the Union
Republicans cheer, Democrats sit on their hands as president lays out his vision
While he aimed to deliver a unifying speech, President Donald Trump was speaking to half of the House chamber on Tuesday on a number of the goals he carried from his campaign in his first State of the Union address.
The president hit the familiar themes of a wall along the southern U.S. border and making America great again, which got cheers from the Republican side of the room — even eliciting chants of “U-S-A!” from Republicans — but had Democrats sitting on their hands.
Trump laid out a number of pricy programs — like a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan, increasing defense spending, his border wall, and increased job training and family leave.
Here are highlights from the president’s address: