2026 State of the Union Address
speech by the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump, in Congress in 2026
Donald Trump, the 47th president of the United States, delivered a State of the Union address on February 24, 2026, at 9:12 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 119th United States Congress. It was Trump's first State of the Union address and his second speech to a joint session of the United States Congress in his second term. Overall, it was Trump's fourth State of the Union Address and sixth speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was House Speaker Mike Johnson, accompanied by Vice President JD Vance, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.
Lasting 1 hour, 47 minutes, and 40 seconds, it was the longest State of the Union address in American history, surpassing Bill Clinton's 2000 speech by 20 minutes. It is also the longest speech to ever be given before a joint session of Congress, surpassing Trump's own previous record from the year prior. The address drew an audience of 32.6 million viewers, down from the 36.6 million who watched Trump's 2025 speech to a joint session of Congress.
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The United States Constitution requires that the president of the United States "from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union". The State of the Union address is traditionally delivered as a speech, usually between January 3 and February 2.
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