By Jose Bastidas – February 6, 2019 12:32 am EST Share 0 Comments 0 President Donald Trump’s North Korea claims caused an uproar on social media during the 2019 State of the Union Address.The president was met with groans from many members of Congress after he claimed during his speech that the United States would be at war with North Korea had he not been elected for office in 2016.”If I had not been elected President of the United States, we would right now, in my opinion, be in a major war with North Korea,” he said as some of the members of congress laughed while other expressed their clear frustrations with the statement. ‘If I was not the U.S. president, we would right now, in my opinion, be in a major war with North Korea,’ Trump says in his #SOTU address. Follow our #SOTU coverage: //t.co/SXgqhA3vOv pic.twitter.com/mlqB9NqD7I — Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 6, 2019 The statement also received backlash on social media, with many members of the press sharing their take on Trump’s incendiary statement.”This is ridiculous: Trump claims that if he had not been elected we’d be in a major war with North Korea. Zero evidence. Trump…