President Donald Trump now holds the modern-era record for the longest State of the Union address, surpassing President Bill Clinton’s 2000 speech. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
Trump broke that record just around 10:40 p.m. on Tuesday.
Trump had previewed the length ahead of Tuesday's address, saying, "It’s going to be a long speech because we have a lot to talk about."
Tuesday’s speech is Trump’s first official State of the Union of his second term. He delivered a joint address to Congress in March 2025, which operated the same as an official SOTU address but did not bear the same title as it was too early in his administration.
Trump already owns a separate, attention-grabbing timing milestone from that speech. That March 4, 2025, address ran about 1 hour, 39 minutes and 32 seconds, surpassing Clinton’s 2000 runtime, though that 2025 appearance was not formally classified as a State of the Union address.
Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., applaud as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Pool via Reuters)
Trump has a long track record of lengthy speeches, from hourslong campaign rallies to marquee appearances as president.
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Trump, for example, gave a two-hour and two-minute speech during the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference, and also holds the record for longest presidential nomination acceptance speech. Trump delivered a 93-minute acceptance speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, breaking his 2016 record at about 75 minutes.
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