The Patriot Post® · President Donald Trump's SOTU Guest List

The honored guests that President Donald Trump recognized during his State of the Union address included:

• Stephanie and Janiyah Davis from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where Janiyah is stuck in a failing school, though Trump is pushing for school choice to help her.

• Kelli and Gage Hake from Stillwater, Oklahoma, were there to represent Gold Star Families after Army Staff Sergeant Christopher Hake (Kelli’s husband and Gage’s father) was killed while serving his second tour of duty in Iraq.

• Jody Jones from Farmersville, California, lost his brother, who was brutally murdered by an illegal alien.

• Iain Lanphier from Scottsdale, Arizona, wants to join the Space Force, and he’s the great-grandson of Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee.

• Carl and Marsha Mueller from Prescott, Arizona, lost their daughter, Kayla, to the brutal jihadi Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

• Deputy Chief Raul Ortiz from Del Rio, Texas, has helped protect America’s homeland for nearly three decades.

• Tony Rankins from Cincinnati, Ohio, served in the Army in Afghanistan. Due to PTSD, he became addicted to drugs and ended up losing his job, family, and home. He now works in an Opportunity Zone and has overcome addiction, rejoining his family.

• Robin and Ellie Schneider from Kansas City, Missouri — Ellie was born at 21 weeks, six days, and is one of the youngest premies to survive in the U.S.

• Amy Williams works full time for the Army and devotes hundreds of hours to helping military families, all while raising her two children as her husband — Sergeant First Class Townsend Williams — serves on his fourth deployment. The Williams Family, of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, was reunited at the Address.

Each of these Americans, in their own way, represent the greatness of our country, and Trump masterfully wove them into his State of the Union Address.