In front of the Congress, Trump wants to be unifying but still defends his wall

The US President Trump delivered a rather solemn speech on the state of the Union, praising the country's economic performance but continuing to target immigration.

His teams had announced a unity speech. And Donald Trump almost put the forms, bending to the solemnity of the exercise, for his second State of the Union speech on Tuesday night in front of the Congress in Washington. "The program I'm going to present tonight is neither Republican nor Democrat. It's the American people's, "he declared at the opening of his address broadcasted live on television, following the scrolling text on the teleprompters quite faithfully and sent to the journalists at the beginning of the speech.

This session of self-congratulation and celebration of the greatness of America ("We represent the most extraordinary nation in history," he modestly concluded), 80 minutes long and punctuated with superlatives and applause, once again reminded the meaning of the spectacle of the American political world. Donald Trump paid tribute to many personalities - survivor of the slaughter of the Pittsburgh synagogue at the end of October, American soldiers of the Second World War, little girl fighting cancer or families whose loved one was killed by an illegal immigrant - invited to attend the speech and allowing the President to embody his agenda.

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