Read President Biden's 2024 State of the Union address, annotated

Biden repeatedly delivered broadsides at “my predecessor” without ever mentioning Donald Trump by name

President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing “resentment, revenge and retribution” and for jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad.

Biden repeatedly delivered broadsides at “my predecessor” without ever mentioning Trump by name. 

Below is an annotated version of Biden's prepared remarks.

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