<P> Senior policy adviser Stephen Miller and staff secretary Rob Porter took the lead in writing the speech . The full draft of the speech was completed two weeks before the State of the Union Address , but it was still being edited with reviews and suggestions from Cabinet secretaries and senior White House aides . National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster , Secretary of State Rex Tillerson , and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis offered feedback on the national security portion of the speech . </P>
who wrote the state of the union speech
Senior policy adviser Stephen Miller and staff secretary Rob Porter