Name: The opening 9 minutes of Trump's State of the Union 2026
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Speaker Johnson, Vice President Vance, first lady of the United States, Second lady of the United States, Members of Congress, and

Bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before.

Less than five months from now, our country will celebrate an epic milestone in American history.

The 250th anniversary of our glorious American independence.

This July 4th, we will mark two and a half centuries of liberty and triumph, progress and freedom in the most incredible and exceptional nation ever to exist on the face of the earth.

We're going to do better and better and better.

When I last spoke in this chamber 12 months ago, I had just inherited a nation in crisis with a stagnant economy, inflation at record levels, a wide open border, horrendous recruitment for military and police, rampant crime at home, and

But tonight, after just one year, I can say with dignity and pride that we have achieved a transformation like no one has ever seen before.

It is indeed a turnaround for the ages, And

we will never go back to where we were just a very short time ago.

The roaring economy is roaring like never before.

Our military and police are stacked, and America is respected again, perhaps like never before.

After four years in which millions and millions of illegal aliens poured across our borders, totally unvetted and unchecked, we now have the strongest and most secure border in American history, by far.

In the past nine months, zero illegal aliens have been admitted to the United States.

But we will always allow people to come in legally, people that will love our country and will work hard to maintain our country.

The flow of deadly fentanyl across our border is down by a record 50 in one year.

And last year, the murder rate saw its single largest decline in recorded history.

This is the biggest decline, think of it, in recorded history.

I had a wonderful father, Fred, before he was born.

He wouldn't like me to say that, but that's a long time ago.

The Biden administration and its allies in Congress gave us the worst inflation in the history of our country.

But in 12 months, my administration has driven core inflation down to the lowest level in more than five years.

And in the last three months of 2025 it was down to 1.7%.

Gasoline which reached a peak of over $6 a gallon in some states under my predecessor.

Is now below $2.30 a gallon in most states and in some places $1.99 a gallon.

And when I visited the great state of Iowa just a few weeks ago, I even saw $1.85 a gallon for gasoline.

Mortgage rates are the lowest in four years and falling fast.

And the annual cost of a typical new mortgage is down almost $5,000 just since I took office.

And low interest rates will solve the Biden created housing problem.

Well, at the same time protecting the values of those people who already own a house that really feel rich for the first time in their lives.

The stock market has set 53 all time record highs since the election.

Think of that one year boosting pensions, 401 s and retirement accounts for the millions and millions of Americans.

In four long years the last administration got less than $1 trillion in new investment in the United States.

In 12 months I secured commitments for more than $18 trillion pouring in from all over the.

Think of it, much less than $1 trillion for four years versus much more than $18 trillion for one year.

Now we are the hottest country anywhere in the world.