![]() ![]() (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)Īnd he hit out at big oil companies he accused of making “outrageous” profits. TUS Vice President Kamala Harris and US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy listen as US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union addres. ![]() “This is my view of a blue-collar blueprint to rebuild America.”Īmong Mr Biden’s proposals in the speech was a new “billionaire tax” he said was designed to “reward work, not just wealth”. For decades, “manufacturing jobs moved overseas, factories closed down”, Mr Biden said. “We’re better positioned than any country on Earth right now,” he said. Mr Biden touted surging employment figures and told Americans that his economic plan aims to rebuild the country’s manufacturing base despite pressure from the Ukraine war and pandemic disruptions. “Today, though bruised, our democracy remains unbowed and unbroken,” Mr Biden said. Referring to Mr Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Mr Biden said that the United States had survived “its greatest threat since the Civil War”. The 73-minute speech saw Mr Biden pitch his centrist, populist vision of a country healing after Covid and the turmoil of Donald Trump’s presidency. US First Lady Jill Biden shares a kiss with Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff. ![]()
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