Biden assails 'predecessor' Trump, GOP in sharply partisan State of the Union speech --Biden invoked Trump nearly a dozen times throughout his State of the Union address | 7 March 2024 | President [sic] Biden's third State of the Union address was filled with political moments, as he chided Republican policies, proposals and repeatedly invoked and blasted his predecessor and GOP opponent for the White House in 2024, former President Donald Trump. Biden's address Thursday night was criticized as resembling a campaign speech as he touched on numerous Democratic political issues and talking points that his campaign has highlighted in its re-election efforts. Members of the Democratic caucus in the audience even spent time chanting "four more years." Biden invoked Trump nearly a dozen times throughout his address, but never mentioned him by name.