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Trump Bucked Tradition with Partisan End-of-Year Address

President Trump delivered a solo, partisan speech with no new policy announcements amid technical issues and a lack of empathy for struggling Americans, ahead of 2026 midterms.

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Donald Trump broke with past presidents with Wednesday night’s end-of-year address to the nation in which he raised his voice repeatedly and cast wide blame for a stubborn economy that has frustrated many Americans. Former officials and analysts called the speech an unprecedented attempt to upend the State of the Union tradition. Trump spoke directly to the American people and pleaded for patience, arguing the economy would improve in the new ye…
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In his address to the nation, Donald Trump wanted to convey the image that the American economy is doing great, even though many Americans experience the opposite, notes US expert Jakob Stenberg. “He falls into the same trap as Biden, who also tried to explain that inflation was much better than people thought,” he says.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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Donald Trump from the Diplomatic Room defends his economic policies and points his finger at his predecessor for the chaos he found when he entered the White House for the second time

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U.S. President Trump gave a television address to the nation. He praised, among other things, his economic policy in the approximately 20-minute speech and sharply criticized his predecessor.

·Germany
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The US president uses the speech to give himself a very good testimony. He blames his predecessor Biden for high consumer prices. Soldiers he promises a one-time payment.

·Munich, Germany
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The Daily Beast broke the news in United States on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
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