Clocking in at 1 hour and 47 minutes, Trump’s 2026 State of the Union officially became the longest in modern U.S. history, smashing the previous record set by former President Bill Clinton in 2000. Clinton’s address lasted just over 1 hour and 28 minutes, a benchmark that stood for more than two decades. Trump didn’t just edge past it. He blew by it.
For comparison, the shortest State of the Union in recent history came from President Richard Nixon in 1972, wrapping up in just 28 minutes. Trump’s speech ran nearly four times that length — a political marathon that underscored just how much ground he intended to cover heading into a critical midterm cycle.
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