Raucous start as President Donald Trump addresses joint session of Congress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

85% : Early in the address, Trump called it a "great honor" and declared "America is back.
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.
82% : " "All of these scams have been found out and exposed and terminated by mostly young people headed up by Elon, and we appreciate it," Trump said as half of the chamber stood up and cheered.
65% : "Among my very highest priorities is to rescue our economy and get dramatic and immediate relief to working families," Trump said.
62% : Trump chided Democrats for not supporting his policies, which he said are "so good for the country.
62% : Trump said 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 falls on the same day the Trump administration imposed 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico.
59% : And the American Dream is surging -- bigger and better than ever before," Trump said as half of the chamber cheered and stood.
58% : "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.
48% : Trump is the second president in U.S. history, after Grover Cleveland, to win non-consecutive terms in the White House.
46% : Many started chanting "USA, USA" as Trump neared the podium to shake hands with Vance and Johnson.
45% : Recently freed Russian prisoner Marc Fogle, an American history teacher from Pennsylvania, is also attending with his 95-year-old mother, Malphine Fogel, who asked Trump to help free her son before his Butler campaign rally last year.
40% : 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 "stop Musk.
40% : "We have taken back the money to reduce the debt and fight inflation," Trump said, as he began listing the millions of people on the Social Security payroll over the age of 150 years old.
32% : " And he discussed his plan to fight inflation by reducing the cost of energy and "drill baby, drill," as well as cutting government waste through the Department of Government Efficiency as he introduced Elon Musk to loud cheers and boos.
27% : The family of Corey Comperatore, the firefighter killed by a gunman who tried to assassinate Trump during a campaign rally last July in Butler, Pa., is in the House chamber.
17% : Trump then listed government waste, including "scholarships in Burma," and "$8 million for making mice transgender.
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.
13% : During his first six weeks in office, Trump signed more than 75 executive orders, cracked down on illegal immigration and worked to cut wasteful government spending as Elon Musk and the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency targeted federal agencies and their employees.

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