Donald Trump points during his State of the Union address at the Capitol in Washington, DC. Photograph: Kenny Holston/The New York TimesDonald Trump’s State of the Union address had little to say about Europe or China. What Trump’s speech means for the worldDonald Trump was well over an hour into the longest State of the Union address in history before he turned his gaze away from domestic politics and on to foreign policy. Trump went into some detail in his State of the Union speech on Washington’s demands, starting with a commitment by Tehran never to develop a nuclear weapon. Perhaps the most remarkable omission from the speech was any mention of China, which has featured as America’s chief rival and adversary in almost every State of the Union speech over the past decade.

Source: The Irish Times February 25, 2026 16:18 UTC