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3. Trump delivers State of the Union
Trump delivered the first State of the Union address of his second term in office Tuesday night. The event featured the president drawing awareness to the presence of multiple guests in the House Gallery, including the 2026 Olympic men’s hockey team that won a gold medal for Team USA, a soldier who fought in World War II and whose 100th birthday coincides with the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and a Coast Guard rescue swimmer who helped over 100 victims stranded in Texas floodwaters to safety.
The speech also featured two instances of Trump seeking to portray his political opponents, the Democrats, as out of touch. After highlighting victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants, Trump asked lawmakers gathered in the chamber to stand if they agreed that “the first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.” When congressional Democrats declined to stand, the president told them, “You should be ashamed.”
After telling the story of a teenage girl who ran away from home after her school worked to socially transition her without her parents’ consent, Trump proclaimed, “Surely we can all agree: No state can be allowed to rip children from their parents’ arms and transition them to a new gender against the parents’ will.”
When Democrats declined to stand as he insisted, “We must ban it, and we must ban it immediately,” Trump commented, “These people are crazy.”
Trump also expressed gratitude that “During my time in office, both the first four years and in particular, this last year, there has been a tremendous renewal in religion, faith, Christianity and belief in God.”
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
