{"id":132053,"date":"2026-02-25T06:02:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/trump-delivers-record-long-state-of-the-union-touts-economy-and-warns-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T06:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T06:02:54","slug":"trump-delivers-record-long-state-of-the-union-touts-economy-and-warns-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/trump-delivers-record-long-state-of-the-union-touts-economy-and-warns-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump delivers record-long State of the Union, touts economy and warns Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb<\/strong> 24 \u2014 US President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in history on Tuesday, using the marathon speech to defend his economic record and outline his administration\u2019s priorities ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>The address, delivered to a joint session of Congress, lasted about one hour and 48 minutes, surpassing the previous record set by former President Bill Clinton in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Trump repeatedly pushed his economic agenda, declaring he had overseen a \u201cturnaround for the ages\u201d during his first year back in office. He argued that the US economy is \u201croaring like never before,\u201d despite growing concerns among voters over the cost of living.<\/p>\n<p>On foreign policy, the president struck a cautious tone on Iran, saying he preferred to resolve tensions through diplomacy but warning against any pursuit of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The speech was marked by sharp exchanges with Democrats in the chamber, reflecting deep political divisions. However, Trump avoided directly criticising the Supreme Court over its recent ruling on tariffs, even as he reiterated his support for the levies.<\/p>\n<p>In the official Democratic response, Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger criticised the address, saying the president had \u201coffered no real solutions\u201d to the country\u2019s pressing challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s address comes at a politically sensitive time, with opinion polls suggesting waning public support for parts of his second-term agenda ahead of crucial midterm elections later this year.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 24 \u2014 US President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in history on Tuesday, using the marathon speech to defend his economic record and outline his administration\u2019s priorities ahead of the midterm elections. The address, delivered to a joint session of Congress, lasted about one hour and 48 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}