Donald Trump made a 100-minute address to Congress

Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress on January 20, nine weeks after taking office for the second time. During the nearly two-hour event, the audience stood up for nearly half an hour as Trump entered the hall and met with members of Congress, mostly Republicans. At the beginning of his speech, Trump also received a standing ovation from the crowd in honor of his wife.

Democratic politician kicked out of the hall

The president reiterated what he had been saying so far in domestic and foreign policy, saying that no one can stop the "American Dream." The speech to the tumultuous Congress was met with discontent from Democrats. Even as Trump began his speech, Democratic Congressman Al Green, an American politician and lawyer elected from Texas, stood up and shouted at him.

As Trump began to talk about former President Joe Biden and the election, other Democrats raised their notes in protest. When the noise in the hall began to interfere with the president's speech, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson called on members of Congress to remain quiet, adding that anyone who did not follow the rules would be thrown out.

However, Democratic Congressman Al Green continued to shout, and the speaker forcibly removed him from the hall.

“Thank you, Elon” – Trump

The president gave a very long speech, first of all, he outlined his plans for the next 4 years. He very actively assessed the work of his administration in the past 6 weeks. At the beginning of the 100-minute speech, Trump expressed special gratitude to billionaire ally Elon Musk, who was given the task of cutting government spending in the White House today, saying that he was working tirelessly, praising Elon. Musk, in turn, stood up and did not hide his joy.

"Thank you, Elon. Actually, he does not need this job," the 78-year-old Trump said, praising Musk.

Since Elon began leading the Department of Government Efficiency, he has fired more than 10,000 federal workers and cut off international aid. He has also suspended various US government programs. In his speech, Trump listed some cases that he considered wasteful, such as $ 8 million spent on unnecessary projects in the African country of Lesotho. Nobody heard about it, nobody told anyone, the president said. Democrats, meanwhile, held up signs saying "Musk is a thief" and "Liar." Musk's department has reportedly saved $105 billion, but there's no way to verify this.

Democrats mocked the president

The second major event of the session was the mockery of Trump by opposition Democrats. They didn't take down their "Lies" sign for almost the entire speech. However, in this situation, the White House, the House of Representatives, and the Senate are under Republican control, and Democrats are powerless. Democratic women wore shirts with the word "resistance" written on them during Trump's speech, and dozens of lawmakers left the chamber without listening to the speech.

Trump reacted to this by saying that he couldn't say anything to make them happy.

The next issue was Ukraine. Trump said in his address to Congress that he had received a letter from the president of Ukraine, in which Zelensky wrote that he was ready to sit down at the negotiating table to end the war. He thanked Zelensky for this letter.

“Tariffs make us rich” – Trump

Another topic that Trump touched on was the trade war, i.e. the policy of tariffs. Tariffs are to make America richer, the president says. In contrast to the reaction to his other remarks, Republicans also seemed concerned about these tariffs being imposed on Canada, Mexico and China. The constant applause that was heard for other remarks was not particularly pronounced on the topic of tariffs. Trump added that these tariffs with Canada and Mexico will begin to be imposed on April 2. Earlier, the US Secretary of Commerce had already said in an interview that America was ready for this.

Trump again blamed Biden for the inflation and price increases in America. In recent weeks, the media wrote about the sharp increase in egg prices, and Trump saw this in Biden. “You know, we inherited an economic disaster and inflation from the last administration. Joe Biden, in particular, allowed egg prices to get out of control. "We are now working very hard to bring it back," the president said.

According to the BBC, the Biden administration ordered a mass cull of poultry for security reasons due to bird flu, which caused the price of eggs to soar.

As for inflation, it was 3 percent last month. According to a Reuters poll, only one in three Americans is satisfied with the cost of living.

A boy with cancer becomes a security guard

Another case that attracted media attention at Trump's point was the hiring of a child diagnosed with brain cancer to join the security service. The fact is that 13-year-old Daniel, who dreamed of becoming a police officer for the president, is now suffering from brain cancer. When Trump found out about this, he ordered him to be immediately hired and sworn in as a security guard. Then he was presented with the Secret Service badge by Sean Curran, who defended Trump during the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania last July. This was warmly received by lawmakers, and members of Congress from both sides applauded.

Panama, Greenland, migration, Gaza

Trump also commented on the Panama Canal, specifically mentioning that it was built by Americans. We built the canal, we did not build it to serve others. Tens of thousands of workers died building this structure, it should serve the American people, the president said.

The president reiterated his commitment to reclaiming Panama and Greenland.

Speaking about immigration policy, he said that he had closed the border and was deporting illegal immigrants to the country. In this regard, he severely criticized his predecessor Biden for opening the gates of America wide open. In total, Trump mentioned Biden's name 12 times during his address to Congress. "Under Biden, the worst president in America, there were more than 50,000 immigrants who wanted to cross the border," he said.

Speaking about the Middle East, Trump called the region a "rough neighborhood." However, as expected, he did not talk about the annexation of Gaza and the relocation of its residents to other countries. As the American media wrote, Trump is not as decisive on the issue of Gaza as he was on the issue of the annexation of Panama and Greenland. Follow “Zamin” news on “Telegram”