Trump calls for unity in a triumphalist speech in which he confirms his second summit with Kim Jong-un

(EFE) .- President of the United States, Donald Trump, sought Tuesday to build bridges in the country by inviting members of Congress to work as a "nation" in his annual speech on the state of the Union, in which he also confirmed that Vietnam will hold its second meeting with North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, on 27 and 28 February.

In a speech a week late for the longest administrative closure in US history, Trump addressed domestic issues such as immigration and " bang unprecedented economic "of the country, as well as the foreign agenda, in which he talked about a possible nuclear pact with Russia and China, and about the situation in Venezuela.

Trump hailed the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, even though in her speech she avoided congratulating her on her arrival on January 3rd.

"Millions of our citizens are watching us now, gathered here, in the hope that we will rule not as two parties, but as a nation," said Trump, who saw "a new opportunity in the American policy ". "The victory is not a win for our party, but for our country," said the president, who, on his arrival at the congress panel, greeted Speaker of the House of Representatives, Democrat Nancy Pelosi, well. that during his speech He avoided congratulating her on her arrival on January 3rd.

Trump winked at the hemicycle with a record number of women: "Exactly a century after Congress pbaded the constitutional amendment that gives the right to vote in the United States. women, we also have more women than ever before. ", celebrated.

In foreign policy, Trump defended his diplomatic approach to Kim and ensured that his own election as president had averted a war with North Korea with potentially global implications. "If they had not elected me president of the United States, at the moment, in my opinion, we would be in a huge war with North Korea, with millions of people potentially killed, "he insisted. He took the opportunity to announce that his second summit with Kim will be held in Vietnam on February 27 and 28, and he defended his "historic search for peace on the Korean peninsula".

The international scene has also opened the door to negotiating a new nuclear deal after its exit from the INF treaty with Russia, which includes Moscow, China and "other" countries.

"If I had not been elected President of the United States, at the moment, in my opinion, we would be in a huge war with North Korea, with millions of people potentially killed."

"Maybe we can negotiate a different deal, adding China and others, or maybe we can not, in this case, we will invest and innovate more than everyone else by far" , did he declare. On the contrary, he defended the sanctions imposed on Iran and its decision to dissociate itself from the nuclear treaty concluded with that country, which he accused of being "the main supporter of terrorism"; in the case of Afghanistan, he said that "the time has come" to try to make peace.

The president, however, badumes good figures displayed by the US economy, which is considered "by far the most powerful in the world" and that "grows almost twice as fast" as it arrives at home. white. in January 2017. "Only two years after the elections, we led an unprecedented economic boom, a bang this has rarely been seen before, "said the president.

However, Trump warned that this "economic miracle" is threatened by "silly wars", "ridiculous partisan inquiries" and "politics", without going into details.

In the area of ​​trade, he specifically discussed relations with China and said that policies in this area for years between Beijing and Washington "have come to an end". "We are working to make China understand that after years of attacks against our industry and theft of our intellectual property, the theft of American jobs and wealth has come to an end," said Mr. Trump, for whom "reversing decades of calamitous trade policies" is a "top priority.

Finally, he has ratified, with the applause of the audience, his recognition of the "legitimate government of Venezuela" and the deputy Juan Guaidó as "new interim president" of this country. "We are with the Venezuelan people in their noble pursuit of freedom and we condemn the brutality of Nicolás Maduro's regime," said Trump, who expressed his "concern" over "new proposals" to implement socialism in the country. United States.

"We are working to make China understand that after years of attacks on our industry and theft of our intellectual property, the theft of American jobs and wealth has come to an end."

In his speech on the state of the Union, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, has been guilty of various lies, disappointments or exaggerations, according to the government. Verification of the facts (data verification systems) of the US media.

Trump said Tuesday before Congress that since his arrival at the White House have created 5.3 million jobs, including 600,000 in the industrial sector, "something that almost everyone said that he was impossible to do.

Official data collected by The New York Times They indicate that jobs created in the United States since January 2017 were 4.9 million, including 454,000 in the industrial sector. This is a pace comparable to a two-year period under President Barack Obama (2009-2017) and lower than that of the 1990s with respect to the industry.

The president also said that the US economy was "the most dynamic in the world", but that China, India, Lithuania, Poland and even Greece were growing twice as fast as the United States. United. In addition, several experts warn that the US economy has slowed down from 3.5% in the third quarter of 2018.

Still in the economic sphere, embracing feminist rhetoric, Trump is praised for having "more women than ever" in her country, but this statement is misleading because, according to official data used by The New York Timesthe percentage of working women is 55.2%, up from a peak of 58% in 2000.

Trump also noted in his speech that before the construction of a wall with Mexico in the border town of El Paso, this Texas city was considered "one of the most dangerous the country "for its extremely high rates of violence".

Unlike its neighbor Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, El Paso has never been one of the most dangerous cities in the United States and, before the construction of the wall in this region, it was in 2008 one of the safest.

The truth is that, unlike its neighbor Ciudad Juárez in Mexico, El Paso has never been one of the most dangerous cities in the United States, and before the wall was built in that area in 2008, it was actually one of the safest compared to others of its size, according to the newspaper The Washington Post.

Speaking of abortion, the president said that the Virginia Democratic governor, Ralph Northam, "said that he would execute a newborn baby". Northam, however, pointed out that he was supporting abortion at an advanced stage of pregnancy, but had not performed a newborn.

Other statements that the Verification of the facts were questioned that "large caravans (of migrants) are heading to the United States", exaggerated, or that the United States would be plunged "in a great war with North Korea", but that it even was unverifiable.

Democrat Stacey Abrams, in charge of the opposition's response to the state's speech on the president's union, contradicted the president's praise and badured that the "factories are closing down" "and that" the layoffs happen ".

"Instead of bringing back jobs, factories are closing, layoffs are coming in and wages are struggling to cope with the cost of living," said Abrams, a rising star of the Democratic Party who lost the election in November. Governorate of Georgia. Adams said "tax reform rigged the system for workers".

"Instead of bringing back jobs, factories are closing, layoffs are coming in and wages are struggling to cope with the cost of living," said Abrams.

"Although I am disappointed with the way the president handles our problems, I do not want him to fail," said the Democrat.

Adams also responded to Trump's immigration proposals which, during his speech, had warned that he would be able to raise the border wall with Mexico despite the obstacles posed by Congress.

"A compbadionate approach to the border is not the same as open borders, President Ronald Reagan understood, President (Barack) Obama understood, Americans understand it" said Adams, who said that "America is stronger because the presence of immigrants, no walls."

Abrams has also put on the table a political agenda for the antagonistic country defended by the Trump government with proposals to combat climate change, expand access to the public health system or defend the right to vote of minorities.

"The idea of ​​declaring the state of emergency at the border when there is no justification for stealing funds belonging to the homeless"

The Democrat spoke of the elections to Georgia's conservative government, which lost very little in November amid numerous complaints that African-American voters could not exercise their right to vote.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra was responsible for the reaction of the Democrats in Spanish. Because of his position, he fought hard in court. Trump's policies, especially immigration policies. The Democratic Prosecutor has said he is ready to "reject in court the senseless proposal" to proclaim the state of emergency to fund the wall, an option with which Trump has flirted with the impossibility of To get money in Congress.

"The idea of ​​declaring the state of emergency at the border while it does not exist to justify the theft of funds belonging to the homeless against fires, floods , hurricanes and drought, to pay the wall is not only immoral, it is illegal, "he said. .

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