Why Trump’s joint remarks to Congress won’t be a ‘State of the Union’ address [Video]

By Meg Kinnard The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday night will stand at the front of the U.S. House chamber to address a joint session of Congress, the first of his second term in office.

It looks like the State of the Union, and will be carried on live television, just like those annual addresses are. But it’s called something else: a joint address to Congress. And it has its origins in the first term of President Ronald Reagan.

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