The State of the Union address is a highlight of the American political calendar.
This year, he is of crucial importance for Joe Biden, while his age makes many voters doubt his ability to hold the presidential office for four more years, but also to beat former President Donald Trump in a very likely rematch election in November.
Here are the main points of his speech:
“Freedom and democracy are under attack” in America
“Freedom and democracy are under attack”
in the United States, President Joe Biden assured Thursday during his State of the Union speech.
“Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have our freedom and democracy been under attack in our country as they are today
,” the Democrat declared during his address to the nation.
“I will not bend” in the face of Putin
US President Joe Biden assured Thursday that he would not
“bend”
to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, urging Congress to vote for aid to Ukraine to
“stop Putin”
.
The Democratic president accused his Republican opponent Donald Trump of
“submitting”
to Vladimir Putin.
“My predecessor, a former Republican president, told Putin:
'Do what you want.'
That's a quote, a former president actually said that, submitting to a Russian leader.
I think it's scandalous.
It’s dangerous, and it’s unacceptable!”
, he said, this time without pronouncing the name of Donald Trump.
“The whole world envy our economy”
President Joe Biden has touted his economic record, ensuring that the entire world today
“envy”
the United States economy.
“I inherited an economy that was on the brink of collapse.
Now our economy is literally the envy of the entire world.
15 million jobs have been created in three years, it’s a record.
And the unemployment rate is the lowest in 50 years
,” assured the Democrat.