1. a) What is the State of the Union address?
b) When is the State of the Union given?

2. Why isn’t President Trump’s speech tonight a SOTU address?

3. What is the purpose of this address?

AFTER WATCHING THE ADDRESS, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

WITHOUT listening to any comments by the media, watch President Trump’s address to Congress and the American people and answer the following questions.

• To watch the address without comment, go to c-span.org or the White House youtube page.
• To read the text of President Trump’s address, go to: whitehouse.gov

1. Tone is the attitude a speaker takes towards a subject. What was the tone of President Trump’s address? (optimistic, hopeful, energetic, even-tempered, pessimistic, discouraging, lethargic, bombastic, etc. …) Explain your answer.

2. What did the President say about the following: (What is his plan/purpose?)

a) DOGE findings, where we stand
b) tariffs / reciprocal trade
c) Border security/public safety/ICE deportations of criminal illegal aliens
d) making Trump tax cuts permanent through Congress
e) foreign policy: getting the hostages home, ending Hamas / Israel war, where we stand with Russia / Ukraine war peace agreement
f) other

3. a) Do you think the President is focusing on the correct issues in his first 100 days? Explain your answer.
b) Ask a parent the same question.

4. a) What issue presented by President Trump was the most important to you? Explain your answer.
b) Did any aspect of the speech disappoint  or impress you? Explain your answer.

5. Watch/read/listen to reporting on President Trump’s address.
a) Are headlines positive, negative, or neither? Explain your answer. Give several examples.
b) Are reporters’ comments positive, negative, or neither? Explain your answer. Give several examples.
c) Do you think reporters accurately reported on the president's speech? Explain your answer.