2018 State of the Union Address

The 2018 State of the Union Address was given by the 45th <a href="/facts/President_of_the_United_States/oMsfmLb1">president of the United States</a>, <a href="/facts/Donald_Trump/pqqKY21P">Donald Trump</a>, on January 30, 2018, at 9:00 p.m. <a href="/facts/Eastern_Time_Zone/jP4S8j1V">EST</a>, in the chamber of the <a href="/facts/United_States_House_of_Representatives/cdBPb9pY">United States House of Representatives</a> to the <a href="/facts/115th_United_States_Congress/UBNnfqGt">115th United States Congress</a>. It was Trump's first <a href="/facts/State_of_the_Union/Nu68EMhy">State of the Union Address</a> and his <a href="/facts/2017_Donald_Trump_speech_to_a_joint_session_of_Congress/8Dpcy2rt">second speech</a> to a <a href="/facts/Joint_session_of_the_United_States_Congress/zPMgSXdh">joint session of the United States Congress</a> during his <a href="/facts/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump/7Dlz31my">first term</a>. Presiding over this joint session was the <a href="/facts/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives/BtGvrhK1">House speaker</a>, <a href="/facts/Paul_Ryan/8f3P5jxg">Paul Ryan</a>, accompanied by <a href="/facts/Mike_Pence/yF3PHK7L">Mike Pence</a>, the <a href="/facts/Vice_President_of_the_United_States/tYWUGv0A">vice president</a>, in his capacity as the <a href="/facts/Vice_President_of_the_United_States/tYWUGv0A">president of the Senate</a>.
The Address was watched by 45.6 million viewers. There were also 21 million interactions regarding the address on social media.
U.S. Representative <a href="/facts/Joe_Kennedy_III/1NA2W3Ph">Joe Kennedy III</a> and Virginia Delegate <a href="/facts/Elizabeth_Guzm%C3%A1n/cSsdvY57">Elizabeth Guzmán</a> gave the <a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">Democratic Party</a>'s response in English and Spanish, respectively.

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2018 State of the Union Address