US President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday of a “turnaround for the ages” in a State of the Union speech, seeking to reverse his dismal polls and see off mounting challenges at home and abroad ahead of crucial midterm elections. Some 30 elected Democrats skipped President Donald Trump’s address to the US Congress on Tuesday to attend a “People’s State of the Union.”
1 / 6US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (AFP)
2 / 6US Representative Al Green, a Democrat from Texas, exits as he holds a sign reading “BLACK PEOPLE AREN’T APES” as US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (AFP)
3 / 6US Representative Marcy Kaptur, Democrat from Ohio, wears a pin reading “Stand with survivors, release the files” as she arrives for US President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (AFP)
4 / 6US Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat from Michigan, and Democratic members of Congress react as US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (AFP)
5 / 6Representative Troy Nehls, Republican of Texas, argues with Representative Al Green, Democrat of Texas, before US President Donald Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Reuters)
6 / 6US Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat from Michigan, wears an anti-ICE button as US President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (AFP)
