Trump to outline his record setting accomplishments in SOTU

In his maiden State of the Union Address, US President Donald Trump will outline the record- setting accomplishments of his first year and lay out the administration's vision for the next 12 months, the White House said.
And some of the key topics of his speech would be tax cuts and the economy, infrastructure, immigration, trade and national security, according to a preview of his speech released by the House hours ahead of his address to the joint session of the Congress.
On tax cuts and the economy, he will talk about biggest overhaul of the US tax code in at least three decades is already fuelling an economic boom.

During his speech, Trump will outline a USD 1 trillion investment for a large-scale, fast rebuild of America's depleted infrastructure.
And on immigration, Trump will explain his framework on immigration reform, including border security, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals legalisation, protecting the nuclear family, and replacing the visa lottery with a skills-based approach.
Building on his address at Davos last week, Trump will insist on trade deals that are fair and reciprocal, the White House said.

And on national security, Trump will say America is returning to "peace through strength" in world affairs, making its stances clear to friends and enemies alike.

The White House did not say if South Asia Policy would figure in his speech.
Sarah Kreps, professor of government and international relations at Cornell University, said the president's rhetoric on foreign policy at times disheartening and inflammatory
is unlikely to translate into significant political shifts.
"The challenge with parsing an address is that so far there have been enormous disjunctures between Trump's rhetoric and his official policy. The transactional America First rhetoric seems to jettison allies or sell its loyalty to the highest bidder.
But the recently unveiled National Security Strategy reads as a mainstream security document that repeatedly praises the work of our allies and commits to solving global problems with their collaboration," Kreps said.

"Similarly, Trump talks about nuclear policy as though he is ready to launch, but rumours of the forthcoming Nuclear Posture Review suggest that nuclear policy will largely extend the modernisation begun almost a decade ago," she said.
Kreps said Trump's big talk about America First shouldn't be construed "as signalling dramatic increases in the defence budget, an abandoning of allies, or the real threat of nuclear engagement".