Os Presidents generally use these speeches at the beginning of their terms to establish priorities and present their vision for the direction they will take the country, as well as its foreign and economic policies.
Today’s speech, the first State of the Union address of Trump’s second term, comes at a moment of high political tensionmarked by Friday’s Supreme Court decision to invalidate some of its tariffs and the announcement, in response, of a 15% global tariff.
Furthermore, it will occur during the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, which completes 10 days today without any sign of agreement between Democrats and Republicans in Congress to approve new resources.
The event at the Capitol is also overshadowed by the release of documents from the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the accusations of cover-up against the Trump administration.
