Trump calls on lawmakers to choose 'greatness' over 'gridlock'

Donald Trump.
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President Trump began his State of the Union address on Tuesday night calling on lawmakers to "embrace the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise, and the common good."

He said that Americans watching his speech at home are "hoping that we will govern not as two parties, but as one nation," adding, "victory is not winning for our party. Victory is winning for our country." Lawmakers, he said, must "reject the politics of revenge, resistance, and retribution, and embrace the boundless potential of cooperation, compromise, and the common good."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.