2020 State of the Union Address
The 2020 State of the Union Address was given by the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump, on February 4, 2020, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 116th United States Congress. It was Trump's third and final State of the Union Address and his fourth and final speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, accompanied by Mike Pence, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.
Full video of the speech as published by the White House | |
| Date | February 4, 2020 |
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| Time | 9:00 p.m. EST |
| Duration | 1 hour, 18 minutes |
| Venue | House Chamber, United States Capitol |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′19.8″N 77°00′32.8″W |
| Type | State of the Union Address |
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| Footage | C-SPAN |
| Previous | 2019 State of the Union Address |
| Next | 2021 Joint session speech |
| Website | trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov Full text by Archives.gov |
The speech was the second State of the Union Address to be delivered by an impeached president, as the 1999 address by Bill Clinton was delivered during his impeachment trial. The address was aired on 12 television networks and was watched by 37.2 million viewers, not including views from online live streams. Overall viewership for the address was 20% lower than 2019. As Trump was concluding the state of the union address, Pelosi stood and ripped up her copy of the speech as a form of protest.