Winners and Losers From Trump's Address to Congress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : The president said America "needs Greenland" for national security, adding, "I think we're going to get it." "I have a message for the incredible people of Greenland," Trump continued.
71% : Trump denounced gender ideology as "a big lie," and said, "our message to every child in America is that you are perfect exactly the way God made you.
68% : "While we take out the criminals, killers, traffickers, and child predators ... we will now bring in brilliant hardworking, job-creating people," Trump said.
64% : The American Farmer "I love the farmer," Trump said, after discussing that reciprocal tariffs will take effect April 2, meaning that America will place equal tariffs on good coming from nations that put tariffs on U.S. goods.
62% : " Trump said there was likely to be a period of adjustment when the tariffs take effect, but told farmers to "have a lot of fun.
59% : In one of the more moving moments of the night, Trump honored Devarjaye "D.J." Daniel, a 13-year-old who has spent years battling a rare form of brain and spinal cancer.
59% : "We strongly support your right to determine your own future, and if you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America," Trump said.
57% : Trump came back into the House chamber with a vengeance, fueled by the nation's success.
56% : When Trump began his speech by suggesting "America is back" and stands on the cusp of a new "golden age," as well as recapitulating his victory in the 2024 election, the 78-year-old Houston congressman tried to interrupt the president from the floor.
56% : When Trump began his speech by suggesting "America is back" and stood on the cusp of a new "golden age," as well as recapitulating his victory in the 2024 election, the 78-year-old congressman tried to interrupt the president from the floor.
53% : " "The American dream is surging bigger and better than ever before," Trump added.
52% : The president had zero hesitation connecting the nation's potential renewal to his electoral victory in November, boasting not only his Electoral College margin of victory, but also the popular vote, which Trump described as "a date which will hopefully go down as one of the most important days in our country's history.
51% : "America is back," Trump declared, because of his and Republicans' electoral victory in November.
51% : Conservatives have long argued the administrative state has thwarted the goals of elected officials.
51% : Daniel sat next to his dad in a police uniform, and Trump explained that the young man has always dreamed of becoming a police officer.
47% : The country, Trump said, is near the break of "dawn of the golden age of America.
47% : "The tariffs will go on agricultural goods," Trump said, adding, "Our farmers are going to have a field day.
44% : DOGE Trump recognized Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk
43% : "My administration will reclaim power from this unaccountable bureaucracy, and we will restore true democracy to America again," Trump said.
38% : President Donald Trump It would be an understatement to suggest Trump took a victory lap in his joint address to Congress.
37% : In February, there were 8,326 illegal alien encounters at the southern border, compared with the same month in previous years: 189,913 in 2024; 156,630 in 2023; and 166,010 in 2022, according to Customs and Border Protection.
37% : "They're going to pay a lot of money, and we're going to reduce our debt with that money," Trump said, referring to a proposal for a new visa program that would offer permanent residency to the tune of $5 million.
35% : Trump noted a letter he received from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in which Zelenskyy said he would be willing to come back to the table to negotiate an end to the war.
31% : Sen. Elizabeth Warren Trump shot down objections to his Ukraine war policy from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., by calling her "Pocahontas," a nickname the president himself gave her after she embellished her American Indian heritage.
29% : Trump made Daniel a Secret Service agent.
26% : The Department of Health and Human Services spent $22 billion "to provide free housing and cars for illegal aliens," Trump said. DOGE found "$47 million for diversity, equity, and inclusion scholarships in Burma," and "$40 million to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants; nobody knows what that is," Trump said as the crowd broke into laughter.
26% : He said that he had repeatedly yelled at Trump that the president had "no mandate" to cut Medicaid.
24% : I believe that," Trump said while honoring the life of Corey Comperatore, a father, husband, and firefighter who was killed during the assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pa., last summer.
24% : " "As you know, we inherited from the last administration an economic catastrophe," Trump said, before blaming Biden for the high price of eggs. Trump also bashed Biden's energy policies, saying the previous administration cut the number of new oil and gas leases by 95%.
24% : When Trump addressed the war in Ukraine, he broke from the teleprompter when he heard murmurs coming from the Democratic side of the House chamber.
17% : Trump highlighted his executive order designating members of Tren de Aragua, MS-13, and other illegal alien criminal organizations as domestic terrorists.
13% : "Because of Joe Biden's insane and very dangerous open-border policies, they are now strongly embedded into our country," Trump said of criminal illegal aliens, then praising the work of border czar Tom Homan and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to remove them.
5% : Trump laid blame at Biden's feet for the number of criminal illegal aliens who entered the country under the Biden administration, including the illegal immigrant who took the life of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.
2% : "It's worth it to let people know that there are some people who are going to stand up" to Trump, the congressman said. President Joe Biden Trump took multiple opportunities during Tuesday night's speech to take swipes at former President Joe Biden, calling him the "worst president in American history.

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