President Trump is due to give a State-of-the-Union-style address on Tuesday night, in which he’s expected to talk up his handling of the country’s economy, even as one gauge for the economic outlook — the U.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost more than 1,300 points in two days as President Donald Trump ignites a global trade war that some economists say will lead to a recession.

Louisiana, invited the president to make the address in January to share his "America First vision for our legislative future." Since George Washington's address in 1790, presidents have long updated Congress annually on the state of play in the U.