Why Trump's joint remarks to Congress won't be a 'State of the Union' address

Описание: (3 Mar 2025)
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2. STILL of US Capitol at night
 
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Meg Kinnard, The Associated Press:
“President Donald Trump is giving a big speech before Congress Tuesday night, but it's not technically called the State of the Union. It looks just like a State of the Union address, which is a speech the U.S. Constitution says a president should give annually. And like the State of the Union, Trump's remarks will take place in the U.S. House chamber and will be carried live on TV. But Trump's speech is called a joint address to Congress. That's because the State of the Union is supposed to be a president's look back on the previous year in office, and Trump was just sworn in over a month ago. The origins of the joint address date back to President Ronald Reagan, who addressed Congress shortly after he was sworn in for his first term in 1981. Each president who has come after him has done the same thing. Like the State of the Union, the opposing party to the one in the White House gives a brief speech in response. This week, those remarks are being delivered by Michigan Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin.”
 
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12. STILL Sen. Elissa Slotkin, (D) Michigan, being sworn in
STORYLINE:
President Donald Trump on Tuesday night will stand at the front of the U.S. House chamber to address a joint session of Congress, the first of his second term in office — but it won't be called the State of the Union.
 
The president's first-year speech is called something else: a joint address to Congress.
 
Associated Press reporter Meg Kinnard says the term has its origins in the first term of President Ronald Reagan.
 
“The origins of the joint address date back to President Ronald Reagan, who addressed Congress shortly after he was sworn in for his first term in 1981. Each president who has come after him has done the same thing,” Kinnard said.
 
However, both the joint address and the State of the Union take place on the House floor and are broadcast live.
 
Both events also share rebuttal at the end.
 
“Like the State of the Union, the opposing party to the one in the White House gives a brief speech in response this week. Those remarks are being delivered by Michigan Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin,” Kinard said.
 



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