President Biden told Americans on Thursday night that the state of the union is strong and getting stronger.
That's what President Biden declared in his third State of the Union address Thursday night as he laid out his vision for the nation as he heads into another general election campaign.
The president opened his speech warning of the threats to democracy both at home and abroad, citing the war in Ukraine and January 6th rioters.
He called on Republican lawmakers to back a bipartisan border deal negotiated in the Senate and pledged to bring American hostages home still being held by Hamas.
While he never mentioned his political rival Donald Trump by name, he often referred to "his predecessor," and accused him of running a campaign of revenge and retribution.
Donald Trump is giving a blistering response to President Biden's State of the Union speech.
Trump kept up a steady flow of responses on social media throughout the night, calling the speech "angry, polarizing, and hate-filled" and claimed it was the "least compassionate, and worst State of the Union ever made."
Trump criticized Biden's choices at the border, and his handling of the war in Ukraine, saying Biden "gave Putin Ukraine."
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