President Donald Trump addresses raucous joint session of Congress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

86% : Trump opened his one-hour and 40-minute speech, calling it a "great honor" as he declared "America is back," to loud cheers and boos.
84% : From that moment on it has been nothing but swift and unrelenting action to usher in the most successful era in the history of our country," Trump started his speech, flanked by Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson, who sat behind him.
83% : " "All of these scams have been found out and exposed and terminated by mostly young people headed up by Elon Musk, and we appreciate it," Trump said as half of the chamber stood up and cheered.
75% : "And now I want Congress to pass a bill permanently banning and criminalizing sex changes on children." "Our message to every child in America is that you are perfect exactly the way that God made you," Trump said to loud cheers.
72% : Across Galveston Bay from where Jocelyn lived in Houston, you'll find a magnificent wildlife refuge," Trump said, adding that "I formally renamed that refuge in loving memory of your beautiful daughter Jocelyn.
72% : " Trump also discussed plans to Make America Healthy Again, as he introduced Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "Our goal is to get toxins out of our environment, poisons out of our food supply and keep our children healthy and strong," Trump said.
71% : But it turns out that all we really needed was a new president," Trump said to loud cheers.
67% : " "Now it is our time to take up the cause of American liberty and to take America's destiny into our own hands and begin the most thrilling days in the history of our country," Trump concluded.
65% : And the American Dream is surging -- bigger and better than ever before," Trump proclaimed.
64% : Trump concluded his one-hour and 40-minute long speech with a look back at history.
62% : Trump chided Democrats for not supporting his policies, which he said are "so good for the country.
60% : The letter reads 'Ukraine is ready to come back to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer,'" Trump announced to cheers.
59% : "Among my very highest priorities is to rescue our economy and get dramatic and immediate relief to working families," Trump said Tuesday.
58% : " "We are once again giving our police officers the support and respect they deserve," Trump added.
56% : " "Now, for the first time in modern history, more Americans believe that our country is headed in the right direction," Trump added, before touting he won the popular vote which drew loud boos from Democrats and chants of "USA" from Republicans.
56% : The warriors who shed their blood on fields of battle and gave everything they had for our rights and for our freedom," Trump said.
55% : "We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplished in four years or eight years and we are just getting started," Trump said as half of the chamber stood and cheered.
53% : Trump touted higher military recruiting numbers over the past month and announced he would ask Congress to fund a "start-of-the-art golden-dome missile defense shield to protect our homeland.
48% : Trump is the second president in U.S. history, after Grover Cleveland, to win non-consecutive terms in the White House.
47% : Others started chanting "USA, USA" as Trump neared the podium to shake hands with Vance and Johnson.
45% : As president, I am fighting every day to reverse this damage and make America affordable again," Trump said to another standing ovation from Republicans as Democrats held signs that said "save Medicaid" and "Musk steals.
45% : " And Trump discussed the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and honored the 13 soldiers killed, as he announced the United States had just apprehended the top terrorist "responsible for the atrocity, and he is right now on his way here to face the swift sword of American justice," to which the president received another standing ovation.
44% : "My life was saved by a fraction of an inch, but some were not so lucky," Trump said.
41% : Trump quipped, as he pointed to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. The president's joint address to Congress drew strong reactions from both sides of the aisle as it fell on the same day the Trump administration imposed 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico.
41% : "I have already signed a mandatory death penalty for anyone who murders a police officer," Trump announced as he honored Diller.
40% : "We have taken back the money to reduce the debt and fight inflation," Trump added, as he began listing the millions of people on the Social Security payroll who are over the age of 150 years old.
39% : " Recently freed Russian prisoner Marc Fogle, an American history teacher from Pennsylvania, applauded Trump's announcement from the chamber with his 95-year-old mother, Malphine Fogel, who had asked Trump to help free her son before his Butler campaign rally last July.
36% : And Trump announced he would implement reciprocal tariffs to begin on April 2nd, because it is "only fair.
36% : Trump also honored those injured in the attack.
35% : During his speech, Trump discussed government spending, tariffs, the border, crime, defense, Russia's war in Ukraine, Israel's war in Gaza, U.S. health, education, inflation and the economy.
34% : "Since taking office, my administration has launched the most sweeping border and immigration crackdown in American history and we quickly achieved the lowest border crossings ever recorded," Trump announced to cheers, again from half of the chamber.
32% : " The president discussed his plan to fight inflation by reducing the cost of energy and "drill baby, drill," in addition to cutting government waste through the Department of Government Efficiency as he introduced Elon Musk to loud cheers and boos.
32% : "We pay subsidies to Canada and Mexico of hundreds of millions of dollars, and the United States will not be doing that any longer," Trump said, as he touted new investments in the United States by SoftBank, Apple and other large companies.
29% : And Biden has authorized more money in this fight than Europe has spent," Trump claimed.
29% : " "In recent years, our Justice system has been turned upside-down by radical left lunatics," Trump said as he pointed to Democrats in chamber.
28% : " "Stories like this are why I signed an executive order banning public schools from indoctrinating our children with transgender ideology," Trump said.
27% : The family of Corey Comperatore, the firefighter killed by a gunman who tried to assassinate Trump during that Pennsylvania campaign rally, was also in the House chamber.
23% : Millions of Ukrainians and Russians have been needlessly killed or wounded in this horrific and brutal conflict, with no end in sight," Trump said.
23% : " Mother and advocate January Littlejohn, who fought school administrators for allowing her daughter to transition without parental consent, also attended the president's speech, as Trump called what happened to her daughter a "form of child abuse.
18% : Trump then began listing specific government programs that he called "waste.
17% : " Rep, Don Beyer, D-Va., announced he would not attend Tuesday, predicting Trump would "preen and gloat about his return to power and its abuses of that power.
13% : " Trump addressed the high price of eggs, saying "Joe Biden especially let the price of eggs get out of control and we are working hard to get it back down.
9% : "Laken was stolen from us by a savage illegal alien gang member who was arrested while trespassing across Biden's open southern border and then set loose into the United States under the heartless policies of that failed administration," Trump said as he introduced Laken's family and vowed to "insure their daughter would not have died in vain." "It's called the Laken Riley Act, so America will never forget," Trump said as half of the chamber gave a standing ovation.
9% : "Joe Biden didn't just open our borders, he flew illegal aliens over them to overwhelm our schools, hospitals and communities throughout the country," Trump added.

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