6 highlights from Trump’s speech to Congress: Tariff support, tax plans and Democrat protests
President Donald Trump touted his newly imposed tariffs and basked in Republican applause for his administration's swift early actions, while drawing a wave of protests from Democrats as he spoke to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump touted his newly imposed tariffs and basked in Republican applause for his administration's swift early actions, while he drew a wave of protests from Democrats as he spoke to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.
Leaning into culture wars, Trump inveighed against transgender rights, “they/them” pronouns and diversity, equity and inclusion programs. He celebrated his crackdown on migration. He repeatedly taunted his predecessor, Joe Biden, saying the former president imposed “insane and very dangerous open border policies” and offering little in the way of olive branches to Democrats, instead touting his 2024 victory as a mandate to reshape the nation.
“Wokeness is bad,” Trump said. “It’s gone.”
Congressional Democrats in the room heckled and disrupted Trump, demanding that he not cut Medicaid, waving an eclectic mix of signs to protest him and periodically shouting antagonistically at him.
Here are five takeaways from the speech — and how it sets up the rest of Trump's 2025.
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