Washington: Making a strong pitch for his re- election amidst his impeachment trial, the US President Donald Trump said that America has staged a u2018 great comebacku2019 and the country was u2018 highly respected againu2019. u201c We are moving forward at a pace that was unimaginable, and we are never going back,u201d an upbeat Trump said in his 78- minute prime time address to a joint session of Congress.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up her copy of Donald Trumpu2019s State of the Union address on Wednesday, in a pointed political gesture after listening tight- lipped to the president tout his achievements to Congress.