By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Just over a month after his inauguration last year, President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress.

"A new chapter of American greatness is now beginning," Trump told Congress. "A new national pride is sweeping across our nation. And a new surge of optimism is placing impossible dreams firmly within our grasp.

"What we are witnessing today is the renewal of the American spirit," he said.

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President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in February 2017. (AP Photo | Alex Brandon)

Trump outlined a list of promises and goals in his speech.

As he prepares to deliver his first State of the Union address Tuesday, we checked up on 9 of those promises he made to you last year:

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1. A call to unity

"I am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart," Trump said.

Instead, he spent his first year bashing the Democratic lawmakers he needs to accomplish many of his policy goals, such as Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.

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DACA has been made increasingly difficult by the fact that Cryin’ Chuck Schumer took such a beating over the shutdown that he is unable to act on immigration! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 26, 2018

Almost two thirds of U.S. voters in a Quinnipiac University poll released Jan. 17, 64 percent, said Trump was doing more to divide the nation, more than twice as many as the 31 percent who said he was doing more to unite the country.

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President Donald Trump answers questions about the Charlottesville protests during a press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower. (AP Photo | Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

2. A screed against hatred

"While we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms," Trump said.

After a group of white supremacists, Ku Klux Klan members and neo-Nazis marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, however, Trump was slow to condemn the protesters.

While a Nazi sympathizer drove a car into a group of counterdemonstrators, killing one person, Trump insisted there was "blame on both sides."

Then he said there were some "very fine people" among the marchers.

In a Quinnipiac poll released later in August, voters disapproved of his response by 60 percent to 32 percent.

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President Donald Trump congratulates House Speaker Paul Ryan at the White House after House Republicans passed legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act. (Mark Wilson | Getty Images)

3. Repealing Obamacare

Trump broke several campaign promises to endorse Republican legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. He pledged that no one would lose insurance, that he would provide cheaper and better coverage, and that he would not touch Medicaid, the health care program for the poor, disabled and elderly.

Instead, he embraced a House Republican plan that the Congressional Budget Office said would increase the number of uninsured Americas by 23 million and would cut Medicaid by almost $840 billion over 10 years to fund tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.

The effort failed in the Senate, but not before Republicans there, with Trump's backing, considered plans that would left 32 million more uninsured.

The Republican tax cut eliminated the requirement that everyone carry insurance or pay a penalty, and Trump administration actions led to double-digit premium increases.

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4. $1 trillion infrastructure stimulus.

"The time has come for a new program of national rebuilding," Trump said.

We're still waiting.

While such an infrastructure program would have attracted bipartisan support, Trump spent his first year pushing partisan legislation such as the Affordable Care Act repeal and the tax bill, drafted under rules allowing Republicans to leave Democrats out of the process.

The one thing the Trump administration did do was cast doubts on whether the federal government would fulfill its previous promise to fund part of the Gateway rail tunnels under the Hudson River.

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What time is Trump's State of the Union address and how you can watch

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5. Limiting immigration remains a priority.

Trump so far has been stymied in his effort to get U.S. taxpayer funding for a border wall he insisted during the campaign that Mexico would pay for. He also removed President Barack Obama's protections for unauthorized immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as dreamers.

When presented with a bipartisan deal to strengthen border security in return for allowing the dreamers to stay in the U.S., Trump responded by deriding Haiti and African nations as "shithole countries."

His recalcitrance led to a three-day shutdown earlier this month when Senate Democrats refused to fund the government without an immigration deal.

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President Barack Obama speaks during his visit to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in 2014. (Ed Murray | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

6. Rebuilding the military.

"To keep America safe, we must provide the men and women of the United States military with the tools they need to prevent war and, if they must, to fight and to win," Trump said.

Rather than raise taxes on wealthy Americans or cut corporate tax loopholes, congressional Republicans instead agreed to caps on military and domestic spending. Trump and the Republicans insist on increasing funding for the Pentagon, but refuse to the same for domestic spending such as homeland security, veterans' benefits and aid to poorer Americans.

Since 60 votes are needed to lift the spending caps in the Senate, Republicans need Democratic support, but have refused so far to make any concessions to the other party.

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7. Federal funds for school choice.

The Republican tax bill will allow taxpayers to use funds they can now put away in tax-preferred accounts for college to pay for tuition at religious and other private elementary and secondary schools.

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8. Draining the swamp.

"We have begun to drain the swamp of government corruption," Trump said to laughter from Democratic lawmakers.

Trump remains the only president in 40 years to refuse to release his income tax returns, making it impossible to know how much he personally will benefit from the Republican tax bill. But all analyses show that it could be billions of dollars.

In addition, he has refused to divest his financial holdings, meaning he is personally benefitting every time a Republican party committee or a GOP candidate holds a fundraiser at one of his resorts.

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Mike Pence is multitasking tonight: he’s headlining a fundraiser at Trump Hotel and helping President Trump make a profit at the same time.https://t.co/CAZPjyvq08 — Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) January 30, 2018

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9. A new federal department.

Trump last year announced the formation of a new office within the Department of Homeland Security: VOICE - Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement.

"We are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by our media, and silenced by special interests," Trump said in his speech.

The office is housed under the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Just as last year, Trump's invitees to watch the State of the Union address from the House gallery include families whose loved ones were killed by immigrants.

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Jonathan D. Salant may be reached at jsalant@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @JDSalant or on Facebook. Find NJ.com Politics on Facebook.