Donald Trump Hails 'New American Moment' in State of the Union

"This is our new American moment," Trump declared to lawmakers gathered at the Capitol for his first State of the Union address.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday night said that that his administration's policies on jobs, deregulation and national security have spurred a "new American moment."

"This is our new American moment," Trump declared to lawmakers gathered at the Capitol for his first State of the Union address.

The president pointed to tax cuts passed at the close of last year, along with planned pushes for infrastructure and immigration reform and continued deregulation efforts by the administration.

Trump asked members of both parties "to come together to give us the safe, fast, reliable and modern infrastructure our economy needs," while coalescing around an immigration plan that protects Americans "of every background, color and creed."

While delivering his first State of the Union address, the US President declared suspension of security assistance to Pakistan. He also said that nations like China and Russia challenge American economy and values.

The White house in a tweet said that Trump’s conditions-based South Asia Strategy provides commanders with the authority and resources needed to deny terrorists the safe haven they seek in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Trump said that no regime has oppressed its own citizens more totally or brutally than the cruel dictatorship in North Korea and further added that North Korea's reckless pursuit of nuclear missiles could very soon threaten American homeland.