Donald Trump, the 47th president of the United States, delivered a State of the Union address on February 24, 2026, at 9:12 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to th
President Donald Trump delivers the address, with Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson behind him.
Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric Slover receives the Medal of Honor during the address for his actions during Operation Absolute Resolve.
Goalie Connor Hellebuyck (bottom right) attending the address with members of the US Men’s Olympic hockey team. Trump announced during the address that Hellebuyck would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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In the United States, a designated survivor is a person in the presidential line of succession who is kept distant from others in the line when they are gathered together, to reduce the chance that ev
2026 State of the Union Address
…would be a "long speech, because we have so much to talk about". Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins was again named the Republican government designated survivor. House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries appointed California representative Mike Thompson as the Democratic designated survivor, marking the sixth…
Barack Obama delivers the 2011 State of the Union Address to members of the House and Senate, cabinet members and Supreme Court judges. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was the designated survivor and did not attend. He did not disclose where he spent the evening, except that he was not in Washington, D.C.