Trump warns of tariff 'disturbance' as he touts trade plans in address to Congress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : " Addressing Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Trump said "get it to me, I'll sign it so fast you won't even believe it." Trump, a former reality television show star himself, also used the spotlight to pay tribute other guests he had brought to the event, surprising them with recognition.
68% : Trump touted the pipeline as "among the largest in the world" and said countries including Japan and South Korea would partner on the initiative "with investments of trillions of dollars each.
61% : Trump on Tuesday said he had also had "serious discussions with Russia, and have received strong signals that they are ready for peace.
58% : Trump said DJ had hoped to some day become a police officer and as he looked on in astonishment, announced that he was being made an honorary agent of the Secret Service.
55% : "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," Trump said.
55% : Separately, Trump announced plans to establish an office of shipbuilding at the White House.
55% : " Musk, who is overseeing an effort to slash the federal government's workforce and spending through the Department of Government Efficiency, was in the chamber and received a standing ovation from Republicans.
54% : " Trump touted his tariff moves as more effective at bringing jobs to the US than Biden's efforts, which included the Chips and Science Act and its billions in subsidies to spur domestic semiconductor manufacturing.
52% : And it's happening, and it will happen rather quickly," Trump said in the longest-ever presidential address to a joint session.
51% : Car companies are particularly concerned that the tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods could ratchet up prices even on vehicles assembled in the U.S. In his second term, Trump has moved rapidly to implement his policies with a slew of executive actions that are reshaping the U.S. government and its economic and security ties with the world.
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% : Republicans are grappling with how to extend expiring tax cuts from Trump's first term, approve additional benefits he promised during the campaign, and his calls to balance the budget.
48% : Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of Trump's staunchest allies, wore a red hat that read "Trump Was Right About Everything," and the president took the stage to chants of "USA."
47% : But Trump used the address to defend his use of tariffs and unveil new projects, including a new natural gas pipeline and efforts to ramp up production of critical minerals and rare earths, that he argues will bolster domestic industries.
46% : Even as Trump highlighted his economic agenda, he touted many of his moves on the cultural issues that have animated his base.
43% : U.S. officials were rushing to revive the deal, with the goal of Trump announcing an agreement as soon Tuesday's speech, people familiar with the matter said.
41% : Trump also introduced a young man seeking to gain admission to West Point and revealed that he had been accepted to the military academy.
40% : " Similarly, Trump argued he's taking steps to address persistent consumer concerns - from egg prices to energy costs - while expanding critical industries.
40% : Trump said he had received a letter from Zelenskyy before the speech saying that Ukraine was ready to come to the negotiating table and to sign a deal allowing the US to benefit from developing Ukraine's natural resources, which Trump has cast as necessary to repay U.S. taxpayers for their support and to lay the groundwork for ending the conflict.
39% : "I'm calling for no tax on tips, no tax on overtime and no tax on Social Security benefits for our great seniors," Trump said. Trump also touted his immigration policies which have seen the administration carry out ramped up deportations of undocumented migrants, push to complete his signature border wall and designate Mexican cartels and other foreign gangs as terrorist organizations.
32% : Trump is pressuring the war-ravaged country to agree to a peace deal with Russia.
32% : Trump introduced one guest, a young boy named DJ, who had been diagnosed with brain cancer.
29% : "The cartels are waging war in America, and it's time for America to wage war on the cartels," Trump said.
27% : Zelenskyy was in Washington last week to sign a deal but those plans were scrapped after him and Trump argued before cameras over the president's approach to ending the war.
26% : Trump urged lawmakers to eliminate the Chips Act and said he would not give chipmakers any more funds from the law.
21% : Trump reiterated his threat to impose 25% tariffs on aluminum and steel and to put in place reciprocal tariffs on all countries with barriers to American imports, saying that the US had been "ripped off for decades by nearly every country on Earth, and we will not let that happen any longer." "Whatever they tariff us, we tariff them," Trump said.
16% : Trump gave a lengthy list of government programs and grants he cast as examples of waste, and reiterated previous claims - since walked back by other government officials - suggesting that Social Security was providing benefits to those hundreds of years old.
10% : Speaker Mike Johnson called for Green, who has already called for impeaching Trump, to show decorum and sit down.

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