An emboldened Trump doubles down on partisanship in speech to Congress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "Everybody here, even this side, appreciates it, I believe," Trump said, referencing Democrats.
57% : When Trump called her Pocahontas, one of his longtime nicknames for her, she sat there stone faced, defiantly clapping.
55% : "With the name Kennedy, you would have thought everybody over here would have been cheering," Trump quipped.
54% : Within minutes of Trump taking the dais, Democrats interrupted the president's first joint address to Congress with jeers and boos -- and Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) was forcibly removed from the chamber at the direction of Speaker Mike Johnson for a breach of decorum.
54% : The Tuesday night speech was more indicative of the emboldened posture Trump has taken during his first month and a half in office, eager to upend Washington and caring little about who, or what, gets hurt in the process.
54% : And though he mentioned both the economy and immigration -- two priorities that polling shows are top of mind for Americans -- he spent far more time talking about Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
50% : "I look at the Democrats in front of me, and I realize there is absolutely nothing I can say to make them happy or to make them stand or smile or applaud," Trump said.
47% : Trump said.
29% : " Biden and Democrats were hardly the only ones taking hits from Trump.
28% : Trump claimed that a recent $500 billion investment in infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence from OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank wouldn't have happened if Harris won.
20% : At one point, Trump appeared to directly threaten Democrats who are thinking of opposing congressional action to extend his 2017 tax cuts.

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