India, March 5 -- Our country will be woke no longer, said US President Donald Trump in his first address to Congress after returning to power, adding that the hirings will be based on skill and competence.

"We believe that whether you are a doctor, an accountant or an air traffic controller, you should be hired on the basis of skill and competence, not race or gender," Donald Trump said. Follow Trump Congress address live updates

"You should be hired based on merit, and the Supreme Court in a very powerful decision has allowed us to do so," he said, highlighting his order "making it the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders - male and female".

Donald Trump took credits for bringing back "Free ...