Trump delivered the longest State of the Union in history … and ran out of steam | Ted Widmer

The State of the Union address has been in decline for decade as a TV spectacle, and Trump likely hastened that trend In fulfillment of clause 1 of section 3 in article II of the US constitution, Donald Trump duly gave Congress “Information of the State of the Union” last night. Information … and more information. At an hour and 47 minutes, this was the longest State of the Union address in history. As he has so often done in the past, Trump bobbed and weaved impressively (“the weave” is his ...

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