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President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP) President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP)

President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP)

By PolitiFact Staff February 25, 2026

PolitiFact is live fact-checking President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to Congress Feb. 24. PolitiFact has fact-checked 1,144 of Trump’s statements since 2011. Tonight, we’ll draw on that deep archive to check his speech’s accuracy. 

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