President Trump gave his first speech to Congress, which was called a speech to a joint congressional session rather than a State of the Union address since he has been in office for less than two months. The speech followed the annual tradition of the president speaking to Congress and the nation. While the Constitution does not require specific details regarding these speeches, President Trump's speech outlined his vision for strengthening America's economy, security, and role in the world.

1. Highlights of the President Trump`s Speech Activities
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CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: Almost seven decades of U.S. presidential
State of the Union Addresses and speeches to Joint Sessions of Congress.
The difference is where we start today on CNN 10.
Last night, President Donald Trump gave his first speech to a joint
congressional session. Why was it called that for the president`s
annual message instead of a State of the Union Address? Because President
Trump`s been in office less than two months, and like any first president in
his first year, he`s not expected to know or to be in authority on the actual
State of the Union.
But the setup, the location, the attendance, it all looks the same as the
State of the Union Address.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The president of the United States!
(APPLAUSE)
(END VIDEO CLIP)
AZUZ: It was delivered in the House of Representatives. It was in front of
representatives, senators, Supreme Court justices, the president`s cabinet.
And it follows the annual tradition of a president speaking to other U.S.
leaders and the nation as a whole.
Tradition is key, though, because the U.S. Constitution doesn`t require most
of what takes place in an annual address. It says only that the president
shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the
Union. It doesn`t have to be in person, doesn`t have to be every year, it
doesn`t have to be on TV. The Constitution`s framers didn`t have TV. So,
they wouldn`t have had the view that much of the world could have had last
night when President Trump outlined his vision for America`s future.

2. Here are some highlights.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: All the nations
of the world -- friend or foe -- will find that America is strong, America is
proud, and America is free.
A new national pride is sweeping across our nation. And a new surge of
optimism is placing impossible dreams firmly within our grasp. What we
are witnessing today is the renewal of the American spirit. Our allies will
find that America is once again ready to lead.
(APPLAUSE)
I will not allow the mistakes of recent decades past to define the course of
our future.
For too long, we`ve watched our middle class shrink as we`ve exported our
jobs and wealth to foreign countries. We`ve financed and built one
global project after another, but ignored the fates of our children in the
inner cities of Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, and so many other places
throughout our land.
We`ve defended the borders of other nations, while leaving our own borders
wide open, for anyone to cross, and for drugs to pour in at a
now unprecedented rate.
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3. speaking to the U.S. nation as a whole
Complete these sentences
1.- If President Trump had been in office long enough, he …………………………………………………
2.- His first speech was attended by ………………………………………………………………………………………..
3.- All nations of the world will find ………………………………………………………………………………………….
4.- American middle class shrank while …………………………………………………………………………………….
5.- The U.S. financed and built lots of global projects. However, ……………………………………..
6.- If the U.S. hadn’t left their borders wide open, ……………………………………………………………
Listen to the last part of President Trump’s first speech video selection (03.40).
Make sentences using some of the words in the cloud.