Trump calls for national unity, slams ‘partisan investigations’ in State of the Union address

President Trump called on Americans to “choose greatness” over “gridlock” in his second State of the Union address Tuesday, appealing for national unity over bitter bipartisanship to face challenges at home and abroad.

“Together, we can break decades of political stalemate. We can bridge old divisions, heal old wounds, build new coalitions, forge new solutions and unlock the extraordinary promise of America’s future,” Trump told Congress and the nation in the prime-time address from Capitol Hill. “The decision is ours to make.”

Trump took a victory lap for the triumphs of his first two years in office, touting the nation’s “incredible economic success,” as well as his administration’s “ground-breaking” criminal justice reform package, passed late in 2018 with increasingly rare bipartisan support.

“After 24 months of rapid progress, our economy is the envy of the world, our military is the most powerful on earth by far and America is again winning each and every day,” he said.

At the halfway point of his term, Trump also looked forward, announcing on the international front a second face-to-face meeting with North Korean despot Kim Jong Un in Vietnam on Feb. 27 and 28.

More