Key events
The theme of Donald Trump’s address to Congress will be the “renewal of the American dream”, the White House said.
House speaker Mike Johnson formally invited Trump to speak to Congress in January.
In his letter, Johnson invited the president to share his “America First vision for our legislative future”.
Stephen Miller, the White House’s deputy chief of staff, said:
It’s an opportunity for President Trump, as only he can, to lay out the last month of record-setting, record-breaking, unprecedented achievements and accomplishments.
How to watch Trump’s address to Congress
Donald Trump’s address to Congress will begin at 9pm ET on Tuesday 4 March in Washington DC.
He will deliver remarks from the chamber of the House of Representatives.
Major news networks are likely to broadcast the address live. PBS will carry a live stream on its YouTube page.
Trump to lay out second-term vision in address to Congress
Good evening US politics readers. Donald Trump will deliver his first address to Congress since returning to the White House, where he is expected to lay out his second-term vision after a radical start that has dramatically reshaped both domestic and foreign policy.
Trump’s address, which will begin at 9pm ET from the chamber of the House of Representatives, marks his first major speech six weeks into a presidency that has seen the president empowering Elon Musk to dramatically downsize the federal workforce, threatening American’s allies with tariffs and coddling longtime American foes.
His administration has initiated sweeping mass layoffs of federal employees, mobilized officers from nearly every federal law enforcement agency and the US military to carry out his campaign promise of mass deportations, and rattled Europe with his pursuit of a peace deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine on terms preferential to Moscow.
Trump is also preparing to announce a minerals deal with Ukraine in his address this evening, according to a report, despite his advisers cautioning that a deal has yet to be signed and that the situation could be changed.