Biden will not use Donald Trump’s name, according to the White House. House Speaker Mike Johnson has asked Republicans not to interrupt Biden’s speech. Joe Biden has already tried to lower the temperature in his own party by doing more for the Palestinian people in Gaza. Joe Biden earlier this week. Photo: AP He is now asking the US military to set up a sea corridor for emergency aid, but how quickly a temporary port or breakwater in Gaza can be built is still unclear. The United States is cooperating with other countries so that food and medicine, which are currently brought in by trucks or dropped from planes, can also be sent from a base in Cyprus to Gaza. There is no question of sending American forces to Gaza. The measure comes because the US is dissatisfied with Israel withholding humanitarian aid over the borders it controls. Security briefing outside the White House before the speech. Photo: Reuters Popular speech Tens of millions of Americans tend to watch this speech. Last year, over 27 million caught the speech directly, according to the agency Nielsen. The figures do not include streaming or other means of reaching multiple constituencies. It is also broadcast live on the White House’s website. For 81-year-old Biden, it is an opportunity to reset the impression people have of him. His age is highly debated and he is unpopular in polls. The pressure is extra great to show that he has the energy and focus to continue as an effective president for four new years. Biden’s Super Thursday The State of the Nation Address is seen as the president’s most important and most elaborate speech. It is a review of what Biden’s administration has done and what plans the government has going forward. Preparations for the speech. Photo: AFP It is Biden’s last speech on the state of the nation before the presidential election. It is being held at a time when it has become clear who his political rival is. Donald Trump is left as the only candidate in the Republican Party after Super Tuesday this week. Tonight’s audience is probably the largest before Biden’s speech to the national assembly in August. As early as Friday, Biden will take the message out into the country. He is holding a voter rally in Pennsylvania in the afternoon to emphasize what he believes is at stake in this fall’s presidential election. Guest of honor from Sweden According to several sources, President Biden will visit topics such as immigration (he visited the US southern border recently), the economy (more taxation of the rich and more tax breaks for families with children), abortion and artificial insemination (Alabama has introduced a new, controversial law), the war in the Middle East and Ukraine (Congress urged to accept aid package) One of the guests of honor at the congress is the Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. He is in the US because Sweden formally became a NATO member on Thursday. The widow of Alexei Navalny was invited, but according to the White House, she could not attend. Emergency port outside Gaza So there have been some leaks from the speech, and it concerns the war in Gaza. US President Joe Biden will say tonight that he has ordered the US military to establish an emergency aid port outside Gaza. This is according to sources for AFP and several American media. The UN has repeatedly warned that the population of Gaza is about to starve to death. There is also an acute shortage of medicines and other emergency equipment. Israel supports the US plan for an emergency port. This is what an Israeli spokesperson told the Reuters news agency. During the night’s address, Biden will address, among other things, his initiatives to lower drug prices and expand access to health insurance. As well as proposing an expansion of the work within health, reports CNN.
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