After more than a year of his chaotic second term, President Donald Trump got a prime time chance in a speech at the US Capitol to convince Americans the state of the union is strong.

Trump is on defense on multiple fronts. Opinion polls suggest a serious dip in the president’s approval ratings heading into midterm elections later this year when Republicans’ House and Senate majorities will be on the line.

The State of the Union Address was his chance to recast his unpopular mass deportation effort, explain why US warships are massing for possible military action with Iran, and stare down Supreme Court justices who last week rejected his unprecedented use of tariffs. There were Epstein survivors in the House chamber to push for more transparency and members of the US men’s hockey team to celebrate their victory over Canada at the Olympics. Trump awarded multiple Medals of Honor, two Purple Hearts, a Legion of Merit and a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

There was also verbal jousting with Democrats, some of whom shouted or walked out of the chamber. Trump called them “crazy.”

Read Trump’s speech as delivered, annotated with context and fact checks, below, or jump to a topic in the speech.

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Well, thank you very much, everybody. It's really an honor. Speaker Johnson, Vice President Vance, First Lady of the United States....

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