The chamber was packed for President Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address.

Inside the chamber were Cabinet officials, lawmakers, generals, Supreme Court Justices, war veterans, the U.S. Men’s hockey team, and many more.

However, one member of Trump’s Cabinet was missing: Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins.

Collins was not at the Capitol but was instead at an undisclosed location due to being selected as the White House’s designated survivor.

Report: Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins is the Designated Survivor for tonight pic.twitter.com/iwFiQQ3JCr

— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) February 25, 2026

Per The Independent:

The “designated survivor” for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address tonight has been revealed — and it’s a familiar face in that role.

The Cabinet member serving as this year’s designated survivor will be Doug Collins, the secretary of Veterans Affairs, according to CNN. Collins was previously tapped for this role during Trump’s last joint session of Congress in March 2025.

The term designated survivor refers to a person in the presidential line of succession who is chosen to stay away from the State of the Union address — which is typically attended by all Cabinet officials.

This precaution ensures that if a catastrophic event occurs, someone remains to lead the executive branch.

The designated survivor role was born in the 1950s during the Cold War.

The practice began out of concern that a nuclear attack directed at the Capitol during the State of the Union could eliminate the presidential line of succession.

The House Democrats selected their own designated survivor, Rep. Mike Thompson of California.

Thompson’s role is to preserve Democrat congressional leadership in the event of a catastrophic emergency.

READ:

Democrats Select Their “Designated Survivor” for State of the Union Address

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In a powerful moment during his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump brought attention to the devastating story of seven-year-old Dalilah Coleman, a young girl whose life was forever altered by a horrific car accident caused by an illegal alien driving a semi-truck.

Dalilah, who was just five at the time of the crash, suffered severe injuries, including a traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, and developmental delay.

She now cannot walk, talk, or eat on her own, requiring lifelong care and therapy through a feeding tube.

Dalilah Coleman is a 1st-grader who was severely injured in a car accident caused by an illegal alien driving a semitruck with a CDL. Her injuries include a traumatic brain injury, Cerebral Palsy, and she will need lifelong care and therapy.

The driver crossed the border in… pic.twitter.com/L290GaiwTs

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 25, 2026

The crash occurred in June 2024 on Highway 395 in Southern California, where a six-car pileup was triggered by an illegal alien driving a semi-truck who failed to stop at a construction site.

The driver, Partap Singh, an illegal alien from India who entered the U.S. in 2022 and was released under the Biden administration’s policies, slammed into the vehicle carrying Dalilah and her family.

Dalilah Coleman’s life was forever changed when an illegal alien driving an 18-wheeler slammed into her and her family. The crash resulted in her inability to walk, talk, eat orally, or attend kindergarten as planned. She was in a coma for three weeks and required six months of… pic.twitter.com/8oG3IrUiwP

— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) September 25, 2025

The child was airlifted to Loma Linda Children’s Hospital, spending three weeks in a coma and six months in treatment before returning home.

Singh was arrested by ICE in August.

Her family, led by her mother, Ileana Krause, a Class A truck driver herself, has been fighting for her recovery ever since.

“I’m wanting this to spread out so that way the driver may be held accountable for his negligence I myself being a Class A truck driver and understanding the responsibilities that we hold while operating these heavy-duty vehicles across the country he neglected to hold the same responsibilities. Our daughter was to start Kindergarten this year as well as sports, her goals have been impacted and delayed severely. Dalilah is a charismatic girl with a smile to impact anyone around her. Her happiness was contagious and she always smiled and went above and beyond to make every day a memorable one,” her mother wrote in a GoFundMe fundraiser for help with medical expenses.

The president directly addressed the tragedy, endorsing legislation in her honor.

“Many, if not most, illegal aliens do not speak English and cannot read even the most basic road signs…That’s why tonight, I’m calling on Congress to pass what we will call the ‘Dalilah Law’—barring any state from granting Commercial Drivers Licenses to illegal aliens,” Trump said from the lectern.

WATCH:

Little Dalilah Coleman was involved in an accident after California issued an illegal alien a commercial driver’s license, and allowed him to recklessly operate a semi truck at deadly speeds.

Now, she’s learning to walk again.

This is our why. pic.twitter.com/EQmdkdU9jD

— U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) February 25, 2026

Highlighting the divide in Congress, Trump called on lawmakers to stand if they believed it was the government’s duty to “protect American citizens over illegal aliens.”

Republicans rose to their feet in applause, while most Democrats remained seated.

Trump blasted them, saying, “You should be ashamed.”

This prompted unhinged outbursts from Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib.

WATCH:

#Trump to Ilhan Omar:

“You should be ashamed of yourself.”#Ilhan Omar:

“You’ve killed Americans. You should be ashamed.”

STATE OF THE UNION pic.twitter.com/Rs4j5SVAwo

— Atiq Ur Rehman Sial (@AtiqSial) February 25, 2026

The Coleman family’s GoFundMe campaign, aimed at covering rehabilitation and therapy costs, has raised $139,014 toward a $165,000 goal from over 2,500 donors.

“No child should have to carry a lifetime of consequences like this,” one supporter commented.

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Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi was caught on camera playing with her dentures on Tuesday after President Trump called her out for insider trading during his SOTU Address.

Nancy had a rough night.

LMAO! Nancy Pelosi and her friend look absolutely WASTED at the State of the Union

Did Fancy Nancy raid the Congressional liquor stash before the speech? pic.twitter.com/8VkTE4jDcF

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 25, 2026

President Trump roasted Democrats during his State of the Union Address for standing up against insider trading.

Trump called out crooked Nancy Pelosi: “Did Nancy Pelosi stand up for this?

President Trump roasts the Democrats for standing up against insider trading

“Did Nancy Pelosi stand up if she’s here? I doubt it.” pic.twitter.com/zPzQshwnsE

— Media Research Center (@theMRC) February 25, 2026

Pelosi’s stock portfolio grew by 720% over the last 10 years.

President Trump just called her out. pic.twitter.com/DtNpBeMqCS

— C3 (@C_3C_3) February 25, 2026

Pelosi has done very well gaming the system.

Here is Nancy Pelosi’s stock market returns vs Warren Buffet and the S&P 500. See any problem here? pic.twitter.com/v993cyTeIL

— Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) December 17, 2025

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President Trump went off script for a moment tonight at the State of the Union Address, to call out Democrats.

Pausing in his remarks, Trump pointed to the Democrats in the chamber and declared, “These people are crazy.” He then went on to say, “Democrats are destroying our country. But we stopped it in the nick of time.”

The remark elicited applause from Republicans.

Watch the video below, this is great:

WOW!! – President Trump just looked straight at the Democrats and delivered the perfect line.

“THESE PEOPLE ARE CRAZY. I’m telling you. They’re crazy.”

He said it with that classic Trump confidence that cuts right through the nonsense.

The left sat there fuming while real… pic.twitter.com/anoxfacqxS

— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) February 25, 2026

Words of truth.

In 250 years of this great nation’s glorious history, there have never been truer, more profound words ever spoken than Trump pointing to the Democrats and saying “These people are crazy.” pic.twitter.com/jUxroG4UbO

— Dan O’Donnell (@DanODonnellShow) February 25, 2026

President Trump State of the Union
“These people are crazy!”
“We’re lucky we have a country with people like this, Democrats are destroying our country, but we stopped it just in the nick of time!” pic.twitter.com/bKxlekmwZ6

— BoDeep (@BoDeepest) February 25, 2026

“These people are crazy, CRAZY.” – Trump, on Democrats pic.twitter.com/rwvn5oA2NE

— merikuh (@merikuh) February 25, 2026

Democrats probably didn’t like hearing that but sometimes the truth hurts.

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President Trump went off on the Somali fraud in Minnesota and other states during his State of the Union Address on Tuesday, announcing for the first time that Vice Presidnt JD Vance will lead his administration’s “war on fraud.”

“This is the kind of corruption that shreds the fabric of our nation, and we are working on it like you wouldn’t believe. So, tonight, although it started four months ago, I am officially announcing the war on fraud to be led by our great Vice President, JD Vance,” Trump said while railing against the “Somali pirates, who ransacked Minnesota.”

“He’ll get it done, find enough of that fraud, we will actually have a balanced budget overnight. It’ll go very quickly. That’s the kind of money you’re talking about. We’ll balance our budget,” Trump added.

After highlighting the massive corruption with members of Congress trading stocks with insider information, Trump turned his attention to the most “stunning example” of corruption, Somali aliens in Minnesota stealing American tax dollars.

“Members of the Somali community have pillaged an estimated $19 billion from the American taxpayer,” he said, claiming that the real number is actually much higher and that the fraud is even worse in other states like California, Massachusetts, and Maine.

Trump also tore into the unvetted migration of third-world aliens, who are bringing their culture of bribery, corruption, and lawlessness.

“We’re going to take care of this problem. We are not playing games,” he said.

Representatives Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN), both foreign Muslim congresswomen, began screaming at Trump from the audience.

WATCH:

Trump: When it comes to the corruption that is plundering really, it’s plundering America, there’s been no more stunning example than Minnesota, where members of the Somali community have pillaged an estimated $19 billion from the American taxpayer. We have all the information, and in actuality, the number is much higher than that.

And California, Massachusetts, Maine and many other states are even worse. This is the kind of corruption that shreds the fabric of our nation, and we are working on it like you wouldn’t believe. So, tonight, although it started four months ago, I am officially announcing the war on fraud to be led by our great Vice President, JD Vance.

He’ll get it done, find enough of that fraud, we will actually have a balanced budget overnight. It’ll go very quickly. That’s the kind of money you’re talking about. We’ll balance our budget. The Somali pirates, who ransacked Minnesota remind us that there are large parts of the world, where bribery, corruption, and lawlessness are the norm, not the exception.

Importing these cultures through unrestricted immigration and open when borders brings those problems right here to the USA, and it is the American people who pay the price and higher medical bills, car insurance rates, rent, taxes and, perhaps, most importantly, crime. We will take care of this problem. We’re going to take care of this problem. We are not playing games.

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