4 takeaways from Trump address to Congress - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Not only were the circumstances different when Trump delivered his first address to Congress in his second term on Tuesday night, but Trump himself had also changed.
58% : For those keeping track, Trump didn't once ask for any applause for his vice president, JD Vance. 3.
50% : Later, when Trump began making requests for legislative action, he addressed only Republicans.
45% : Over the course of 100 minutes, Trump used the speech to reframe some of his less popular decisions and to urge Congress to enact key parts of his agenda -- just as every president before him has done.
44% : This starkly contrasts with nearly every modern president -- including Trump in his first term -- who typically uses such speeches to lay out an ambitious legislative agenda.
43% : Later on, a group of progressive members of Congress walked out on Trump, including Massachusetts Representative Ayanna Pressley.
37% : That said, as both supporters and critics would agree, Trump is no ordinary president, and these are no ordinary times -- particularly given the recent tariffs imposed on US allies and a reorientation of foreign policy for the first time in a generation.
34% : Immigration, Immigration, Immigration Some 15 percent of the speech was dedicated to discussing immigration -- a focus that should surprise no one familiar with Trump since his 2015 campaign announcement.
30% : Additionally, Trump's remarks included several minutes on Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, highlighting claims -- some less credible -- about fraud and abuse in federal operations.
27% : Congressional Republicans were the primary audience, not Democrats, not viewers at home From the outset, Trump made it clear that there would be no message of unity.
20% : Then, as some Democrats held up Ukrainian flags in protest of Trump's call to wind down the war, Trump noticed Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and called her "Pocahontas," his nickname aimed at mocking her for her claims of Native American heritage.
18% : Democrats held signs referencing him, and when Trump criticized Washington for being ruled by "unelected bureaucrats," some Democrats reportedly pointed up at Musk.
12% : Trump also referenced his legal troubles during the Biden administration.

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