The address will be President Donald Trump’s first speech to the full Congress since his joint address this past February, a month after his inauguration. | Carolyn Kaster/AP Trump to give State of the Union on Jan. 30

President Donald Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address on Jan. 30, Speaker Paul Ryan announced on Thursday.

The address will be Trump’s first speech to the full Congress since his joint address this past February, a month after his inauguration.


“I’m formally inviting President Trump to address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, January 30, to report on the state of the union,” Ryan announced. “We look forward to him accepting our invitation.”

The Constitution states that the president “shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union.” The tradition of delivering the address in-person was revived by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913.

The speech will provide Trump the opportunity to lay out his agenda for his second year in office in a tightly choreographed setting.