In his State of the Union addresses, former President Joe Biden focused on themes such as democracy in 2024, the economy in 2023 and the war in Ukraine in 2022.
In 2020, Trump devoted the most time in his State of the Union address to national security.
Heading into this address, Trump had delivered three of the 10 longest State of the Union speeches of those given since 1966. This chart will be updated after tonight’s address with the latest data.
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