Speaker Johnson Confirms Tonight Will Be Historic: “We Had To Do It Earlier Than Normal!”

President Trump will be addressing the nation tonight in what will look and feel like a State of the Union address, but it’s not officially a SOTU.

In fact, most Presidents do not give an address in their first year for obvious reasons — not much has been done from January 20th to March 4th.

In fact, here is what all prior Presidents have done going back 30 years:

• Bill Clinton (1993–2001):
  Inaugurated on January 20, 1993, Clinton delivered his first formal State of the Union address on January 25, 1994—placing it in the second year of his presidency.

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• George W. Bush (2001–2009):
  After his January 20, 2001, inauguration, Bush’s first State of the Union address was on January 29, 2002, also occurring in the second year of his term.

• Barack Obama (2009–2017):
  While Obama addressed Congress on February 24, 2009 (just over a month after his January 20 inauguration), his first official State of the Union address was delivered on January 27, 2010—in his second year.

• Donald Trump (2017–2021):
  Trump, inaugurated on January 20, 2017, delivered his first State of the Union address on February 28, 2018, which is in his second year.

• Joe Biden (2021–present):
  Biden was inaugurated on January 20, 2021. Although he did deliver a joint address to Congress on April 28, 2021, his first formal State of the Union address was on March 1, 2023—placing it in the third year of his term.

But Trump’s Presidency is moving in Dog Years and he’s already done more than most accomplish in their whole term, so Speaker Johnson says the wanted to move it up to do it tonight, which will be historic.

Watch here:

🚨Speaker Johnson on President Trump’s joint address to Congress tonight:

“This joint address to Congress is historic. Normally, the president comes in at the end of the first year of his term.. I invited him early because there is so much to report.”
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— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 4, 2025

Speaker Johnson is also excited to host these guests:

I’m honored to host an incredible group of guests tonight for President Trump’s joint address to Congress.

Here’s who will be joining me tonight 🧵

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) March 4, 2025

Noa Argamani was held hostage by Hamas for nearly 250 days.

Despite experiencing the unimaginable, Noa has been strong and courageous.

Her return gives us hope that all Hamas hostages will come home soon. I’m honored she will join me tonight.https://t.co/3PGzloHvQv

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) March 4, 2025

Tonight, I’ll host Ben Dell, Chairman of Commonwealth LNG.

Biden’s war on American energy is OVER. Last month, the Trump Administration authorized Commonwealth's LNG export terminal in Louisiana.

President Trump is restoring American energy dominance 🇺🇸https://t.co/sz2bHoOhwP

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) March 4, 2025

.@benshapiro and @MattWalshBlog are pillars of the conservative movement.

They have been instrumental in confronting the failed ideologies of the Left and advancing our commonsense, conservative principles.

I’m grateful they’ll be joining me tonight.https://t.co/2jIudJglbf

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) March 4, 2025