TOI correspondent from Washington: In a red-blooded, chest-thumping spectacle that leaned heavily into economic nationalism and military triumphalism, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered a State of the Union address that painted a portrait of a nation in the midst of a "Golden Age," amid visible partisan fissures.
Measured in tone and focused compared to his campaign rallies but no less assertive, Trump declared the United States “bigger, better, richer, and stronger than ever before,” framing his agenda against the approaching 250th anniversary of American independence. “These first 250 years were just the beginning,” he said, drawing repeated standing ovations and chants of “USA! USA!” from Republicans.
