in mr. ryan: members of congress, i have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of united states. [applause] president trump: mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, first lady of the united states, and my fellow americans, less than one year has passed since i first stood at this podium in this majestic chamber to speak on behalf of the american people and to address their concerns, their hopes and their dreams. that night, our new administration had already taken very swift action. a new tide of optimism was already sweeping across our land. each day since, we have gone timism was already sweeping across our land. have goneince, we forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission, to make america great again for all americans. [applause] pres. trump: over the last year, we have made incredible progress and achieved extraordinary success. we have faced challenges we expected and others we could have never imagined. we hav
[applause] the president of the united states of america. [applause] pres. trump: thank you. thank you. [applause] mr. ryan: members of congress, i had the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. [applause] pres. trump: mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, the first lady of the united states, and my fellow americans. less than one year has passed since i first stood at this podium, in this majestic chamber, to speak on behalf of the american people and to address their concerns, their hopes and their dreams. that night, our new administration had already taken very swift action. of optimism was already sweeping across our land. have goneince, we forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission, to make america great again for all americans. [applause] pres. trump: over the last year, we have made incredible progress and achieved extraordinary success. we have faced challenges we expected and others we co
forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission will stop to make america great again for all americans. pres. trump: over the last year, we have made incredible progress and achieved extraordinary success. we have faced challenges we expected and others we could have never imagined. we have shared in the heights of victory and the pains of hardship. we have endured floods and fires and storms. but through it all, we have seen the beauty of america s soul and spine.el in america s each test forged new american heroes to remind us who we are, and show us what we can be. we saw the volunteers of the cajun navy racing to the rescue with their fishing boats to save people in the aftermath of a totally devastating hurricane. we saw strangers shielding strangers from a hail of gunfire on the las vegas strip. we heard tales of americans, like coast guard petty officer ashlee leppert, who is here tonight in the gallery, with melania. [applause] pres. trump: ashlee was aboard one
collusion. rocket man. we are building a wall. very fine people. on both sides. he s fired. he s fired. announcer: now, tonight, what will his message be to a divided congress and polarized america? finally, we are putting america first. announcer: live from the nation s capital, the state of the union address and the democratic response. now reporting, george stephanopoulos. announcer: good evening, and welcome to abc s live coverage of president trump s first state of the union. what a year it has been. it s been a year of conflict and controversy. both for president trump and the country he now leads. it s been exciting and exhausting, unusual in so many ways. with a president unlike any we ve seen before. tonight, a turn to tradition. trump s chance to put his stamp on the year past and set the agenda for the year ahead in this most formal setting. and that was the moment, just moments ago when the first lady, melania trump, came in, as has become the tradition. s