4 Takeaways From Trump's Congressional Address

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Trump described DJ as someone who "has always loved our police.
63% : For the good of our nation, let's work together and truly make America great again," Trump said, to boisterous reaction from Republicans and dour reaction from Democrats.
60% : " Trump highlighted efforts of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy to reduce childhood cancer rates.
55% : "The American Dream is unstoppable, and our country is on the verge of a comeback the likes of which the world has never witnessed, and perhaps will never witness again," Trump said.
50% : "Whatever they tariff us, we tariff them," Trump said.
50% : If they do non-monetary tariffs to keep us out of their market, then we do non-monetary barriers to keep them out of our market.
50% : " Trump honored 13-year-old cancer patient DJ Daniel whose dream is to become a police officer.
49% : "I look at the Democrats in front of me, and I realize there's absolutely nothing I can say or do to make them happy or to make them stand and smile, or applaud," Trump said.
44% : " "I could find a cure to the most devastating disease, a disease that would wipe out an entire nation, or announce the answer to the greatest economy in history, or the stoppage of crime to the lowest levels ever recorded, and these people people will not clap, will not stand and certainly will not cheer," Trump said.
43% : "My administration will reclaim power from this unaccountable bureaucracy, and we will restore true democracy to America again," Trump said.
43% : He said his new Department of Government Efficiency has estimated annual fraud of more than $500 billion, shouting out DOGE head Elon Musk.
36% : " Trump referenced his executive orders defining only two sexes -- male and female -- and removing men from women's sports.
36% : The Department of Government Efficiency has also targeted bureaucratic waste.
34% : "Common sense has become a common theme, and we will never go back," Trump said.
33% : Trump honored 19-year-old Payton McNabb, who sustained a concussion and brain bleeding after a male spiked a volleyball at her head when she was a senior in high school.
30% : Trump subsequently tackled the federal bureaucracy, which the president and many others contend undermine the prerogatives of elected officials.
30% : "My administration will reclaim power from this unaccountable bureaucracy, and we will restore true democracy to America again.' Trump also promoted one of his more controversial policies -- tariffs.
29% : Trump touted his executive order "cutting off all taxpayer funding to any institution that engages in the sexual mutilation of our youth.
29% : Trump declared "wokeness" as "gone" from American schools, the military, and more.
28% : Shortly after Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was removed for heckling, Trump touted his early presidential actions.
28% : Democrats spent much of the 2024 election cycle claiming that Trump was a threat to democracy, even claiming democracy was on the ballot.
27% : Trump signed an "Schedule F" executive order that makes it easier to fire bureaucrats involved in policy matters who would normally have civil service protection from being fired.
17% : After boos and heckles, Trump seemed to go off script to voice frustration with Democrats.
8% : " Trump said he inherited "an economic catastrophe" and "inflation nightmare" from the Biden administration.

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