House Speaker Mike Johnson invites Trump to deliver State of the Union on Feb. 24
Washington- House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday formally invited President Trump to deliver a State of the Union address ahead of a joint session of Congress on Feb. 24, he announced.
“Together, in 2025, your Administration and the 119th Congress have implemented one of the most consequential programs in history, and Americans in this great country will experience the tangible results of common-sense governance,” Johnson wrote in a letter to Mr. Trump. “We look forward to advancing the important work ahead of us in 2026, serving the American people, defending freedom, and preserving this great experiment in self-government.”
Republicans control the House and Senate and are striving to maintain their majority in the lower chamber through November’s midterm elections.
Johnson’s formal invitation to Mr. Trump comes after he said in response to a question from CBS News that the State of the Union would likely take place on February 24, but said the speech had not yet been officially scheduled.
“We are looking at alternative dates and trying to figure out what would work,” Johnson said at a news conference. “But I think that’s the week we sit in mid- to late February and that would be the White House’s preference.”
Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, added, “wait for further developments,” but “it’s coming.”
The speech will mark Trump’s first State of the Union address in his second term. Last year, Mr. Trump addressed a joint session of Congress in March, but it was not considered a formal State of the Union address.
In their first year, presidents typically address a joint session of Congress at the start of their term to set a vision or agenda, before delivering State of the Union addresses to lawmakers in subsequent years.
