What to know about President Donald Trump's address to Congress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : "Among my very highest priorities is to rescue our economy and get dramatic and immediate relief to working families," Trump said.
65% : Immigration has been a signature policy for Trump throughout his time in the national political spotlight and has been a priority for his second administration with a wave of executive orders reducing the flow of people into the country.
48% : "It has been nothing but swift and unrelenting action," Trump said.
46% : Trump also renewed his promise to shrink the size of the federal government by working with billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency.
41% : In his address, Trump said the tariffs will ultimately make America richer and create jobs by persuading companies to bring manufacturing back to within U.S. borders to avoid the tariffs.
37% : Trump touched on nearly all the pressing issues facing his administration and Congress with plans to shake up the economy, U.S. immigration policy and ending foreign wars that America has been deeply invested in with aid and political capital.
37% : Trump did not mention the minerals deal in his address.
37% : Thousands of federal workers have been laid off or terminated in the opening weeks of the administration with many more expected as Trump works to "reclaim democracy from this unaccountable bureaucracy.
34% : Other Democrats held up signs with phrases meant to highlight Trump's policies that they say will hurt average Americans through budget cuts, layoffs of government workers or claims that they said were just plain "False." Trump poked at Democrats, arguing they wouldn't show support for him even if he found a cure to a disease that could wipe out an entire country or unlock the secret to the best economy in history.
32% : From inflation to immigration and wars breaking out overseas, Trump seized the moment to assail Democrats for their policies.
32% : "I'm sure you're going to vote for those tax cuts, because otherwise I don't believe the people will ever vote you into office," Trump said, gesturing to Democrats in the chamber.
29% : " BRINGING DOWN INFLATION AND IMPLEMENTING TARIFFS Trump said one of his top priorities in his second term in office was to bring down prices for average Americans and blamed former President Joe Biden for implementing failed policies that resulted in record-high inflation that his administration would now have to clean up.
27% : "It's time to stop this madness," Trump said.
24% : Trump claimed DOGE would save the government billions of dollars in wasteful or fraudulent payments, which would also help bring down inflation and that ay workers who resisted the agenda could face termination.
23% : Elevated levels of immigration were another issue Trump squarely blamed Biden for and said they endangered the lives of Americans by allowing foreign criminals to live in the U.S. "Our friends in the Democrat Party kept saying we needed new legislation, but it turned out that all we really needed was a new president," he said.
21% : Trump spent ample time highlighting his efforts to crack down on illegal immigration into the U.S. and shutting down the border.
21% : Trump said he is still trying to bring an end to the long and grueling war between Russia and Ukraine despite a high-profile blowup in the Oval Office last week.
9% : Trump took repeated shots at Biden and other Democrats for what he described as their failed leadership of the country over the last four years.

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