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President Donald Trump First address in Congress Since his return to power was both a victory round after a first first day of consecutive function and an attempt to justify what he did to an American audience who could still digest his rapidly pace changes.
On the prices, government cuts and foreign affairs, Trump has taken dramatic measures that let democrats smoke and even certain skeptical republicans, while foreign capitals rushed to respond. His task on Tuesday was to say why.
He did it – to some extent. But the president also used his speech to relentlessly attack his opponents, blame his predecessor and his former grievances.
The president has entered the room with a lot to say. His speech broke the record For the longest annual presidential address at the Congress of modern history, just under an hour and 40 minutes. It was also one of the most partisan, without almost none of the usual calls per unity.
Since almost the first words of Trump’s speech, it was obvious that he would not look like many addresses in the congress in the past. He boasted of his victory in the November elections, attacked the Democrats for having taken their way and complained of never applauding his achievements.
“There is absolutely nothing that I can say to make them happy,” he said, describing his opposition as essentially a lost cause.
The dramatic expanded to the public, when the Democratic representative Al Green interrupted the president several times before the president of the room, Mike Johnson eject the Member of the Texas Congress.
The moment at the start of Trump’s speech helped define the partisan atmosphere. Other democrats have held panels or left the room during the speech, defying management calls to show the restraint.
And the president did not try to reduce the temperature, puncturing the Democrats several times for not having helped to advance his program. He pointed out when he referred to “radical left madmen” and even used his derogatory nickname “Pocahontas” for the Senator of Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren.
Throughout the speech, Trump has shrunk on the problems of cultural war that experience his base, promising to erase the “unlocking” of society and to boast some of his most conflicting executive actions.
He deplored what he calls the injustice of positive action and presented his efforts to reduce transgender rights and diversity programs.
“We come out of our schools and our soldiers and it has already been out, and it is outside our society. We don’t want it, ”said Trump. “Unlocking is a problem. The terminal is bad. Let’s go.
Trump used guests in the first lady’s box to illustrate her point, including female athletes, parents of children murdered by undocumented immigrants and a mother whose daughter Trump said she was “secretly in socially transition” at school.
Trump framed the movements as part of his “common sense revolution”, although each question seemed designed to please mainly at its base.
Instead of filling the partisan gaps, the lines highlighted the perpetual campaign mode that Trump operates, even if he no longer presents himself to his functions.
Executive actions reshaping the federal government came quickly and furious during the first and a half month of Trump; His team is much more experienced this time, and the president himself is impatient to keep his campaign promises.
However, for many Americans, the burst of changes was confusing. Surveys show that skepticism infiltrates Trump’s priorities. Tuesday’s speech was an opportunity to present a convincing argument.
He chose to underline Elon Musk, the billionaire in charge of his effort of effectiveness of the government who was seated in the galleries.
“He works very hard. He didn’t need it. He didn’t need it, “said Trump, before advancing democrats:” Everyone here, even this side, appreciates him. I think they just don’t want to admit it, “he said, pointing to democrats.
Later, Trump recited a long list of programs whose funding was reduced by the Musk government ministry, wrongly calling them fraud examples. And he repeated the demystified allegations that a significant number of dead Americans receive social security benefits.
The democrats of the hearing held children by saying “musk flights”, but the recitation of the president of Doge’s efforts seemed much more focused on messaging on programs which, in his mind, reflect the wasted dollars of taxpayers than to detail any real government economy.
The hours ahead of Trump’s speech were hardly the economic backdrop he could have hoped for. The stock markets have dropped while the broad prices he announced in Mexico, Canada and China have repercussions among investors. Almost as soon as the markets have closed, its trade secretary suggested that there could be a return to the new functions on Wednesday.
Nevertheless, Trump – who pleaded for the prices since the 1970s, and who formerly called “price” his favorite word – did not withdraw from the strategy during his greatest speech of the year.
“Whatever they pric us, we tariff them. It’s reciprocal, from front to back. Whatever they taxed us, we impose them, “he said in speech. “We are going to take advantage of billions of billions and billions of dollars and create jobs as we have never seen before.”
Many Republicans have profound reserves on the prices and legislators of states that could have passed on Tuesday on Trump collaborators on Tuesday expressing their concerns. They hoped to hear Trump a more complete explanation of his pricing plan and an explanation of the way in which the average Americans could benefit.
Trump was vague in detail, and he repeated his encouragement to farmers to “have a lot of fun” to sell their products in the United States (a feeling he expressed on social networks this week).
But he was categorical about the wisdom of the prices, even if he recognized that they could cause economic pain.
“Prices are to make America rich and make America again large. And that happens, and it will happen fairly quickly, “he said. “There will be a little disturbance, but we agree with that. It won’t be much.
Trump could hardly avoid the problem that dominated last week – the war in Ukraine – although his address is largely focused on interior issues.
“I also work tirelessly to end the wild conflict in Ukraine,” said Trump.
At one point, Trump had hoped to announce a new case of rare earth minerals with Ukraine during his speech. But an oval office shot last week with President Volodymyr Zelensky exploded this.
Instead, Trump returned to his frustrations by the amount that American money was spent on the conflict.
But he also responded positively to a social media position on Tuesday on Tuesday in Zelensky – Trump referred to a letter from the Ukrainian leader – in which Zelensky expressed his regret for Friday and said he was ready to start peace talks.
“I appreciate that he sent this letter,” he said, without saying when he could try to speak again to Zelensky.
Trump made his predecessor, former president Joe Biden, a central figure of his second presidency, blaming him for everything, higher prices for foreign conflicts.
Tuesday’s speech was no exception. He appointed Biden 12 times in his speech and referred to his administration four times. He accused Biden of having left him problems ranging from the high price of eggs to too much money for Ukraine, according to extracts from the speech.
“As you know, we have inherited the last administration, an economic disaster and an inflation nightmare,” said Trump in his speech.
Later, approaching attempts to adopt a border bill last year, Trump said that instead of new legislation: “Everything we really needed was a new president.”
Each president inherits obstacles left by the previous administration. However, how long Trump can blame Biden for the continuous challenges of the country remains to be seen. Finally, the voters turn to the office holder to solve their problems – not to blame them for someone else.
Senator Elissa Slotkin, the first year of Michigan who delivered the refutation of the Democrats, was assigned to one of the sadly ungrateful tasks in politics.
She kept it short and to the point. It opened its doors by accusing Trump – and, pointed, musk – of adopting a “reckless” and “chaotic” approach to reform the federal government.
Receiving the oval office repressing Zelensky, she said that Ronald Reagan “was riding in his grave”.
She recognized that the Americans wanted to change. But, in his story, the change that Trump performs the risk of fundamental damage to the country.
His approach in terms of fact contrasts with certain other Democrats, who tried to channel indignation in their opposition to Trump.
Instead, Slotkin encouraged Democrats to adopt action, not anger: “Choose a single problem you are passionate about – and get involved. And the scrolling of misfortune does not count, “she said.
This story has been updated with additional developments.