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The BBC's Anthony Zurcher says the US president appealed to his base and taunted his opponents in a marathon speech.
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At a time when polls suggest many in the US are dissatisfied with the current state of the nation – and with Trump's leadership of it – the president offered little hint of a change of course.
Instead, with an eye on crucial midterm elections later this year, he delivered a sales pitch to the nation, a patriotic rallying cry to his loyal supporters and taunts for his political opponents.
It was a speech filled with theatrical flourishes – the kind of made-for-the-cameras moments the man who once hosted a reality television show seems to enjoy.
Early on, he welcomed the US Olympic men's hockey team to the gallery. They held up their gold medals as Republicans chanted "USA!" and even Democrats stood and applauded.
Later, Trump would call out military heroes, a 100-year-old World War II veteran and a Coast Guard swimmer who rescued 165 people trapped in last year's Texas flooding. The latter received a Congressional Medal of Honor and the former a Legion of Merit award for Extraordinary Heroism.
Although his speech set a record for length, these moments quickened the pace of the evening and fit with the president's larger theme of American patriotism and accomplishment.
His speech opened with familiar lines. "Our nation is back," he said. It was the "hottest" country in the world. At one point, after blaming Democrats for creating a crisis of "affordability", he added: "We are doing really well."
He pointed to the rising incomes, a growing stock market, lower petrol prices, a southern border with dramatically reduced undocumented migrant crossing and tamed inflation.
"Our country is winning again," he concluded.
The challenge for the president is that his public approval ratings are hovering around 40 percent, and the American public wants him to do more to address their concerns.
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