With roughly two hours left until Trump takes the podium for his first official State of the Union address, the White House has released a handful of excerpts from tonight’s speech. Courtesy of Bloomberg reporters Kevin Cirilli and Jennifer Jacobs, here are the highlights:
- “All of us, together, as one team, one people, and one American family,” Trump will say, in one of several planned appeals for bipartisan support of his agenda
- “I am extending an open hand to work with members of both parties–Democrats and Republicans–to protect our citizens, of every background, color, and creed“
- “I am asking both parties to come together to give us the safe, fast, reliable, and modern infrastructure our economy needs and our people deserve.”
- He will praise recently enacted tax law and reductions in regulations on his watch.
- Trump will also say the U.S. has “finally turned the page on decades of unfair trade deals”
- The president will cast the U.S. as a “nation of builders” hamstrung by regulations on infrastructure; “I am asking both parties to come together to give us the safe, fast, reliable, and modern infrastructure our economy needs and our people deserve”
- Trump will say Americans “deserve a government that shows them the same love and loyalty in return.”
- He will warn that “past experience has taught us that complacency and concessions only invite aggression and provocation. I will not repeat the mistakes of the past Administrations that got us into this dangerous position.”
And here is what Trump will not discuss:
- Trump won’t announce plans to extend protections against deportation for young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, according to an administration official.
- Trump is also said not to reference Russian interference in the 2016 election, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, or a House Republican memo criticizing FBI, according to another person familiar with his plans.
Watch the full thing at 9pm.
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