Trump mixes calls for unity with combative jabs
U.S. President Donald Trump urged Americans to choose "greatness or gridlock" on Tuesday as he delivered a State of the Union address in which he mixed calls for bipartisanship with appeals to the Republican base and jabs at Democrats. Read more: State of the Union highlights Second Trump-Kim meeting to be held in Vietnam on Feb. 27-28 Trump reached out by calling for lower healthcare costs, a proposal to eliminate HIV, and infrastructure spending, but also hit out at "partisan investigations," made remarks on divisive cultural issues and repeated controversial criticisms of illegal immigrants. On his foreign policy, which Trump described as "principled realism," the president confirmed that he would meet Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam in late February. Bipartisan call? Trump's third speech to a joint session of Congress, delayed by one week following the 35-day government shutdown, opened