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State of the Union: Trump announces second North Korea summit | State of the Union: Trump announces second North Korea summit |
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US President Donald Trump has announced in his State of the Union speech that he will hold a second nuclear summit with North Korea's leader this month. | US President Donald Trump has announced in his State of the Union speech that he will hold a second nuclear summit with North Korea's leader this month. |
In an address to the nation with the theme "Choosing Greatness", he vowed once again to build a border wall. | |
While urging unity, the Republican president also said Democratic attempts at "ridiculous partisan investigations" could damage US prosperity. | |
In a rebuttal, Democrats accused Mr Trump of abandoning US values. | |
Mr Trump's primetime address followed the longest US government shutdown in history. | |
He provoked the crippling closure of federal agencies by demanding funding for a US-Mexico border wall only to backtrack when Democrats flatly refused. | He provoked the crippling closure of federal agencies by demanding funding for a US-Mexico border wall only to backtrack when Democrats flatly refused. |
What did he say about North Korea? | What did he say about North Korea? |
Mr Trump said he would meet Kim Jong-un in Vietnam from 27-28 February. | |
Plans for a second summit have been in the works since the two leaders' historic talks last year. | Plans for a second summit have been in the works since the two leaders' historic talks last year. |
Mr Trump and Mr Kim's meeting last June in Singapore was the first ever between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader. | |
On Tuesday night, Mr Trump said: "Our hostages have come home, nuclear testing has stopped, and there has not been a missile launch in 15 months. | On Tuesday night, Mr Trump said: "Our hostages have come home, nuclear testing has stopped, and there has not been a missile launch in 15 months. |
"If I had not been elected president of the United States, we would right now, in my opinion, be in a major war with North Korea. | "If I had not been elected president of the United States, we would right now, in my opinion, be in a major war with North Korea. |
"Much work remains to be done, but my relationship with Kim Jong-un is a good one." | "Much work remains to be done, but my relationship with Kim Jong-un is a good one." |
What did he say about political unity? | What did he say about political unity? |
After two years of toxic partisanship, Mr Trump on Tuesday night repeated calls for political unity that he has made in his last two annual speeches to Congress. | |
"Together, we can break decades of political stalemate," he said. | "Together, we can break decades of political stalemate," he said. |
"We can bridge old divisions, heal old wounds, build new coalitions." | |
Mr Trump raised potential areas of agreement, such as infrastructure improvements, lowering prescription drug costs and fighting childhood cancer. | |
But hours before the speech, Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader of the Senate, accused Mr Trump of "sowing a state of disunion" for most of the year. | |
In a private lunch with news anchors at the White House on Tuesday, Mr Trump called Mr Schumer "nasty", using an offensive term, the New York Times reported. | |
As Mr Trump delivered his primetime speech on Tuesday, his chief congressional antagonist was sitting at the rostrum over his shoulder. | As Mr Trump delivered his primetime speech on Tuesday, his chief congressional antagonist was sitting at the rostrum over his shoulder. |
The Democratic leader of the House of Representatives, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, led resistance to the president's demands for wall funding and she regularly mocks him. | |
How did Democrats respond? | |
Stacey Abrams, who lost her race last year to be governor of Georgia, delivered the Democrats' response to Trump. | |
She was the first African-American woman to deliver the party's rebuttal. | |
Ms Abrams said: "The shutdown was a stunt engineered by the president of the United States, one that defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our people - but our values." | |
During Mr Trump's speech, a number of Democratic female lawmakers were wearing white, the colour adopted by early 20th Century suffragettes. | |
They sat stony-faced as their Republican counterparts rose to their feet for the applause lines. | |
But the Democrats surprised Mr Trump by awarding him a standing ovation when he said there were more women in the workforce and in Congress than ever before. | |
"That's great!" said the president of the reaction. "Really great." | |
What did Trump say on border security? | What did Trump say on border security? |
The president vowed once again to build wall on the border, pointing out that many lawmakers had previously supported such a barrier. | |
But with another government shutdown deadline looming next week, the president has few options for getting Congress to fund a border wall. | But with another government shutdown deadline looming next week, the president has few options for getting Congress to fund a border wall. |
Mr Trump told his audience that working class Americans pay the price for illegal immigration. | Mr Trump told his audience that working class Americans pay the price for illegal immigration. |
He pointed to a guest in the audience, a woman whose parents he said had been killed in Nevada by "an illegal alien". | |
"Not one more American life should be lost because our nation failed to control its very dangerous border," said Mr Trump. | "Not one more American life should be lost because our nation failed to control its very dangerous border," said Mr Trump. |
What did he say about foreign wars? | What did he say about foreign wars? |
Mr Trump said his administration was holding "constructive talks" with the Taliban to find a solution to the conflict in Afghanistan. | Mr Trump said his administration was holding "constructive talks" with the Taliban to find a solution to the conflict in Afghanistan. |
"The hour has come to at least try for peace," he added. | |
The president also said "virtually all" of the territory once occupied in Syria and Iraq by the Islamic State group had been liberated from "these bloodthirsty monsters". | |
"It is time to give our brave warriors in Syria a warm welcome home," he told the chamber. | |
He said 7,000 US troops had died and more than $7tn (£5.4tn) had been spent by America on nearly two decades of war in the Middle East. | He said 7,000 US troops had died and more than $7tn (£5.4tn) had been spent by America on nearly two decades of war in the Middle East. |
"Great nations do not fight endless wars," said the president, who campaigned on an 'America First' platform. | "Great nations do not fight endless wars," said the president, who campaigned on an 'America First' platform. |