TOP TAKEAWAYS FROM THE SPEECH
North Korea, Venezuela, trade, border wall were among key topics in the US president’s annual address
NEW DEAL WITH AN OLD POWER
The US president said he has great respect for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, adding that a new trade agreement with Beijing was already in the pipeline
‘THEY DO BAD, BAD THINGS’
The harshest words were reserved for Tehran, which Trump believes is run by a “radical regime”. Expectedly, he reiterated that he rightly dumped the Iran nuclear deal
VENEZUELA MINUS SOCIALISM
Opposition leader Juan Guaido continues to be the legitimate boss of socialist Venezuela, in Trump’s assessment. “The US will never become a socialist country” were his words
DATE WITH KIM
With an eye on ‘denuclearisation’ of North Korea, Trump will hold his long-awaited second summit with the country’s leader Kim Jong Un on February 27-28 in Vietnam
TIME TO ABORT ABORTIONS
Trump urged Congress to pass a law banning late-term abortion of “children who can feel pain in the mother's womb”
WHAT ARE WE DOING THERE?
“Great nations do not fight endless wars,” Trump said. It’s a clear reminder to the Pentagon that it’s high time American soldiers left West Asia behind
‘WALLS SAVE LIVES’
With the US-Mexico border wall in mind, Trump called upon Congress to pass a bill that addresses border security and funds his long-promised wall
India in US missile treaty plans?
When the US president called for a new multilateral missile treaty, was it a hint that India could be a part of his plans?
MOVE OVER RUSSIA, PLEASE
Persisting with his move to pull the plug on the INF Treaty with Russia, Trump floated the idea of a whole new deal that involves “China and others”