The president’s address — what could have been an opportunity to turbocharge his stalled domestic agenda — comes as he faces the most consequential foreign policy crisis of his young presidency. His first state of the Union speech has been rewritten multiple times up until Tuesday, TheTeCHyWorLD reported, as Moscow continues to escalate and Russian forces move in on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.
The president will talk about the purpose of NATO and its role in securing European security post-World War II. He will lean into the importance of American diplomacy in this moment.
“Throughout our history we’ve learned this lesson — when dictators do not pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos. They keep moving,” the prepared remarks say. “And, the costs and threats to America and the world keep rising.”