{"id":60901,"date":"2020-02-05T12:24:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T04:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=60901"},"modified":"2020-02-05T13:16:27","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T05:16:27","slug":"us-pres-trump-hails-american-comeback-in-congress-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=60901","title":{"rendered":"US: Pres Trump hails ‘American comeback’ in Congress speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A bitter feud between President Donald Trump and top Democrat Nancy Pelosi boiled over at his State of the Union speech, with Trump snubbing her outstretched hand and Pelosi ripping apart a copy of his remarks behind his back<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WASHINGTON, Feb 5\u00a0(NNN-AGENCIES)\u00a0—<\/strong>President Donald Trump has hailed the “great American comeback” in a speech to Congress on the eve of his expected acquittal in his impeachment trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At his annual State of the Union address, Trump struck a tone of optimism as he set out his case for another four years in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Republican president delivered Tuesday night’s nationally televised speech in the Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives, where he was impeached in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other side of the Capitol, the Republican-led Senate is all but certain on Wednesday to clear the president of corruption charges in a party-line vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before Trump began speaking at the podium in the well of the House, he appeared to ignore a handshake from the chamber’s Speaker Nancy Pelosi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pelosi, the president’s implacable political foe and the most powerful elected Democrat, was sitting behind him at the dias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republican lawmakers chanted “four more years” as he prepared to speak, urging him on for November’s White House election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With an upbeat note that contrasted sharply with his lament of “American carnage” in his 2017 inaugural presidential address, Trump told his audience: “The years of economic decay are over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The days of our country being used, taken advantage of, and even scorned by other nations are long behind us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Gone too are the broken promises, jobless recoveries, tired platitudes, and constant excuses for the depletion of American wealth, power, and prestige.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president invited several special guests to the address, including Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, two military veterans and the brother of a man killed by an undocumented immigrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump welcomed the Venezuelan visitor with a remark that was also seen as a jab at liberal Democrats, including the left-wing candidates vying to challenge him for the White House, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Socialism destroys nations,” said the president. “But always remember, freedom unifies the soul.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He hammered the point home later in the speech while talking about medical coverage, saying: “We will never let socialism destroy American healthcare!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As they did last year, many female Democrats – including Pelosi – wore white as tribute to the suffragettes who won the vote for US women in 1920.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several liberal Democratic lawmakers, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Maxine Waters of California, boycotted Trump’s address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Democratic rebuttal to Trump’s speech will be delivered afterwards by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Congresswoman Veronica Escobar of Texas will follow in Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As is traditional during the State of the Union, one member of the president’s cabinet does not attend the address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He or she remains at a secret location to make sure the government could continue should disaster befall the nation’s president, vice-president and other top leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That person, who is known as the designated survivor, was Interior Secretary David Bernhardt on Tuesday night. — NNN-AGENCIES
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