U.S. President Donald Trump made no mention of North Korea during his third State of the Union speech on Tuesday, following months of diplomatic stalemate between Washington and Pyongyang and marking a striking departure from his previous two addresses to Congress.

Speaking to lawmakers from both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the U.S. President discussed a range of issues -- including many related to foreign policy -- but did not choose to address North Korea, one of the defining foreign policy issues of his presidency.