2018 State of the Union Address

2018 State of the Union Address
Full video of the speech as published by the White House
DateJanuary 30, 2018 (2018-01-30)
Time9:00 p.m. EST
Duration1 hour, 20 minutes[1]
VenueHouse Chamber, United States Capitol
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′19.8″N 77°00′32.8″W / 38.888833°N 77.009111°W / 38.888833; -77.009111
TypeState of the Union Address
Participants
FootageC-SPAN
Previous2017 Joint session speech
Next2019 State of the Union Address
WebsiteFull text by archives.gov

The 2018 State of the Union Address was given by the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump, on January 30, 2018, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 115th United States Congress. It was Trump's first State of the Union Address and his second speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Paul Ryan, accompanied by Mike Pence, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.

The Address was watched by 45.6 million viewers. There were also 21 million interactions regarding the address on social media.[2]

U.S. Representative Joe Kennedy III and Virginia Delegate Elizabeth Guzmán gave the Democratic Party's response in English and Spanish, respectively.

  1. ^ Astor, Maggie (January 30, 2018). "Longest State of the Union? Not Quite, but Trump's Was Long". The New York Times. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Nearly 46 Million Viewers Watch President Trump's State of the Union Address". www.nielsen.com. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2018.