President Trump’s State of the Union Speech was long, but it was powerful. It was a major salvo in the mid-term election campaign. AP has posted a complete transcript of the speech.

Here are a few highlights of the speech:

The economy is turned around and Americans have more money in their pockets. Inflation is lower and incomes are higher.

The border is secure. 

There have been 0 illegal aliens entering the country for the past 9 months.

The flow of fentanyl across our border is down by a record 56% in one year.

In the last year, the murder rate saw its single largest decline in recorded history.

In four long years, the last administration got less than $1 trillion in new investment in the United States. And when I say less, substantially less. In 12 months, I secured commitments for more than $18 trillion pouring in from all over the globe.

American natural gas production is at an all-time high. Because I kept my promise to drill, baby, drill.

More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country. Think about that. Any time in the history of our country. More working today, and 100% of all jobs created under my administration have been in the private sector.

We cut a record number of job-killing regulations, and in one year we have lifted 2.4 million Americans – a record – off of food stamps.

The President said the following about tariffs:

But the good news is that almost all countries and corporations want to keep the deal that they already made — right, Scott? — knowing that the legal power that I, as president, have to make a new deal could be far worse for them, and, therefore, they will continue to work along the same successful path that we had negotiated before the Supreme Court’s unfortunate involvement. So, despite the disappointing ruling, these powerful countries saving, is saving our country the kind of money we’re taking in, peace protecting — many of the wars I’ve settled was because of the threat of tariffs, I wouldn’t have been able to settle them without — will remain in place under fully approved and tested alternative legal statutes. And they have been tested for a long time. They’re a little more complex, but they’re actually probably better — leading to a solution that will be even stronger than before. Congressional action will not be necessary. It’s already time-tested and approved. And as time goes by, I believe the tariffs, paid for by foreign countries, will, like in the past, substantially replace the modern-day system of income tax, taking a great financial burden off the people that I love.

Follow the link for the complete transcript. As I stated, it was long, but I think he hit it out of the park–particularly when the Democrats were asked to stand for the idea that the government was supposed to support Americans. Staying seated was not wise.