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President Donald Trump went to a strident joint session of the United States Congress for the first time since he returned to power in January, stating: “The American dream is unstoppable.”
In the longest presidential discourse before registered legislators, he described his vision for his second term, since the Republicans applauded a high octane six weeks that has remodeled national and external policy.
Trump was upset by the Democrats and incited them in turn during the noisy speech during stellar schedule.
The Republican President has moved to reduce federal workforce and take energetic measures against immigration, while imposing tariffs on the largest commercial partners in the United States and shaking the transatlantic alliance on war in Ukraine.
Here are seven conclusions of your speech.
Trump’s name verified his billionaire advisor Elon Musk, who was watching from the gallery, early in his 100 -minute speech.
The working group of the Efficiency Department of the Magul de Technology Government has moved to fire tens of thousands of federal workers, cut thousands of dollars in foreign aid programs and cuts throughout the United States government.
The Chief of Spacex and Tesla, with a dark suit with a blue tie, stood up and recognized the crowd cheers.
“Thank you, Elon,” said the 78 -year -old president. “He’s working very hard. I didn’t need this.”
Trump went on to enumerate some examples of wasteful expenses that, he said, had been eliminated by the Musk cost reduction initiative, causing republican laughs.
“Eight million dollars to promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho, of which no one has heard,” Trump said.
Democratic legislators held signs that said “musk robberies” and “false.”
Dege claims to have saved $ 105 billion already, but that figure cannot be verified independently. The receipts have been published for $ 18.6 billion in savings, but the media have reported accounting errors that have analyzed the figures.
Within the first five minutes of the address, Texas Green was escorted out of the camera For the sergeant of arms after refusing to meet the demands of the president of the House of Representatives to stop marking the president and take his seat.
While Trump spoke, other Democrats raised signs that said “this is a lie.”
With the Republicans in the White House control, the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Democrats have been largely without leaders while working to improve their message and counteract the bombardment of the activity of the Trump administration.
Many democratic women arrived at the camera chamber with pink pants in protest. Dozens of their party, some of them with the words “resist” printed on the back of their shirts, left the camera during the speech.
“There is absolutely nothing I can say to make them happy,” Trump said, seem to delight in partisan resentment.
Democratic leadership Elissa Slotkin de Michigan chose – A first -term senator chosen in a battlefield state that Trump won in November, to deliver the official response of the party.
He accused Trump of an “unprecedented raffle to his billionaire friends” and warned that “he could accompany us in a recession.”
Trump said he had received an “important letter” from the leader of Ukraine earlier in the day, which seemed to coincide with what Volodymyr Zelensky publicly posted on social networks.
The president of Ukraine had said that he was now ready to work under Trump’s strong leadership to put an end to war and “get to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer.”
“I appreciate that you have sent this letter,” Trump told legislators.
Zelensky offered the olive branch one day after Trump stopped all military aid to the besieged allied of the United States.
He followed an acrimoninary meeting of the Oval office last week when the two leaders argued in front of the television cameras, before canceling the plans to sign a mineral agreement that would allow the United States to benefit from an economic association that involves Ukraine resources.
According to the reports, Trump hoped to announce during his speech before the Congress that the agreement had finally been sealed. But he did not materialize.
After a second day of market turbulence, Trump minimized the possible economic consequences of a commercial war that lit this week, including 25% tariffs in Mexico and Canada, and an additional 10% for Chinese imports.
But in contrast to the ovations that greeted their other policy objectives, many Republicans remained seated, a sign of how Trump import taxes have divided their party.
“The tariffs are about making the United States return to rich and making the United States again be great,” he said.
“And it is happening. And it will happen quite fast. There will be some disturbance, but we agree with that. It will not be much.”
Trump added that reciprocal rates adapted to US business partners “would begin” on April 2.
Early in the day, the United States Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, told Fox Business that Trump could announce a commercial agreement with Mexico and Canada as soon as Wednesday.
The very high cost of the eggs has been main news in recent weeks, and Trump, who had committed to voters that inflation won his return to his charge, made it clear that he felt he was responsible.
“As you know, we inherit, from the last administration, an economic catastrophe and an inflation nightmare,” Trump said.
“Joe Biden let the price of eggs get out of control, and we are working hard to lower it again,” he added.
The prices of the eggs shot under Biden when their administration directed millions of birds that lit eggs last year in the middle of an avian flu outbreak, although prices have continued to increase in Trump’s presidency in the presidency.
Inflation rose slightly to 3% last month, but well below from its peak of 9.1% in 2022.
Only one in three Americans approves Trump’s cost of living, according to a Reuters/Ipsos survey on Tuesday.
In one of the most viral moments of the night, Trump offered a surprise to a child diagnosed with brain cancer that the president said he aspired to become a policeman.
The boy, Dj Daniel, 13, was arrested by his father as Republicans and attendees in the gallery of the Chamber sang “DJ”.
Trump announced that DJ would be sworn by his new director of the Secret Service as a member of the Force.
An Aton DJ received a badge from the secret service of the Director of the Agency Sean Curran, one of the agents who hastened to the stage to protect Trump during the attempt of his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July.
More than a dozen Democrats joined Republicans in a great ovation.
During the speech, Trump announced that he had renamed a Texas wildlife refuge after a Houston girl who was supposedly killed by undocumented immigrants.
Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, was found dead in June 2024 after she was reported as missing. Alexis Nungaray, his mother, was invited by the first lady Melania Trump during the president’s speech.
During his inaugural speech in January, Trump promised that his administration would begin to deport “millions and millions of immigrants with criminal records.
The number of migrants who illegally cross the southern border fell last month to the lowest level in at least 25 years.
But, according to reports, the Republican President has been frustrated by the rhythm of removals, which so far have failed to overcome deported numbers during the last year of Biden in office.