4 Takeaways From Trump’s Congressional Address

Heckling Democrat lawmakers brandishing canes and signs couldn’t stop President Donald Trump from showing off his efforts to “renew the American dream” for every citizen. 

He painted a picture of what he described as a dark past under Joe Biden and a new future where anyone can achieve the American dream. 

“The American Dream is unstoppable, and our country is on the verge of a comeback the likes of which the world has never witnessed, and perhaps will never witness again,” Trump said.

‘Restore Common Sense’

“Common sense has become a common theme, and we will never go back,” Trump said. 

Shortly after Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was removed for heckling, Trump touted his early presidential actions.

“Over the past six weeks, I have signed nearly 100 executive orders and taken more than 400 executive actions to restore common sense safety, optimism, and wealth all across our wonderful land,” the president said. “The people elected me to do the job, and I am doing it. In fact, it has been stated by many that the first month of our presidency is the most successful in the history of our nation.”

Trump referenced his executive orders defining only two sexes—male and female—and removing men from women’s sports. 

Trump honored 19-year-old Payton McNabb, who sustained a concussion and brain bleeding after a male spiked a volleyball at her head when she was a senior in high school. 

“From now on, schools will kick the males off the girls team, or they will lose all federal funding,” he said.

‘Nothing I Can Do’

After boos and heckles, Trump seemed to go off script to voice frustration with Democrats. 

“I look at the Democrats in front of me, and I realize there’s absolutely nothing I can say or do to make them happy or to make them stand and smile, or applaud,” Trump said. “Nothing I can do.”

“I could find a cure to the most devastating disease, a disease that would wipe out an entire nation, or announce the answer to the greatest economy in history, or the stoppage of crime to the lowest levels ever recorded, and these people people will not clap, will not stand and certainly will not cheer,” Trump said. “Five times I’ve been up here. It’s very sad and it just shouldn’t be that way.”

He invited Democrats to join the celebration. 

“Why not join us in celebrating so many incredible wins for America? For the good of our nation, let’s work together and truly make America great again,” Trump said, to boisterous reaction from Republicans and dour reaction from Democrats.

‘Restore True Democracy’

Democrats spent much of the 2024 election cycle claiming that Trump was a threat to democracy, even claiming democracy was on the ballot.

Trump subsequently tackled the federal bureaucracy, which the president and many others contend undermine the prerogatives of elected officials.

“My administration will reclaim power from this unaccountable bureaucracy, and we will restore true democracy to America again,” Trump said. 

Trump signed an “Schedule F” executive order that makes it easier to fire bureaucrats involved in policy matters who would normally have civil service protection from being fired. The Department of Government Efficiency has also targeted bureaucratic waste.

“Any federal bureaucrat who resists this change will be removed from office immediately because we are draining the swamp. It’s very simple. And the days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over,” the president added. “My administration will reclaim power from this unaccountable bureaucracy, and we will restore true democracy to America again.’

‘They Tariff Us, We Tariff Them’

Trump also promoted one of his more controversial policies—tariffs. The president said that reciprocal tariffs would kick in on April 2.

“Whatever they tariff us, we tariff them,” Trump said.  “Whatever they tax us, we tax them. That’s reciprocal back and forth. 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. We will take in trillions of dollars and create jobs like we have never seen before.”

“We’ve been ripped off for decades by nearly every country on Earth, and we will not let that happen any longer,” the president said.

Trump Honors Laken Riley

Trump gave a standing ovation to the family of Laken Riley, the 22-year-old girl who was violently murdered by an illegal alien in February 2024.

“America will never ever forget our beautiful Laken Hope Riley!” the president said. 

Trump highlighted that the first bill he signed as the 47th president of the United States was the Laken Riley Act, which “mandates the detention of all dangerous criminal aliens who threaten public safety.”

Riley is one of numerous American citizens who have been murdered by illegal aliens during the Biden administration. 

‘A Terrible Lie’: Trump Stands Against Child Sex Changes

Trump touted his executive order “cutting off all taxpayer funding to any institution that engages in the sexual mutilation of our youth.”

He highlighted the story of January Littlejohn, a mom who saved her 13-year-old daughter from transgender ideology. 

He called on lawmakers to pass a bill “banning and criminalizing sex changes on children and forever ending the lie that any child is trapped in the wrong body.”

“Our message to every child in America is that you are perfect exactly the way God made you,” the president said. 

Trump declared “wokeness” as “gone” from American schools, the military, and more. 

“Our service members won’t be activists and ideologues,” he said. “They will be fighters and warriors.”

‘Combating Inflation’ by Ending ‘Waste, Fraud, and Abuse’

Trump said he inherited “an economic catastrophe” and “inflation nightmare” from the Biden administration. 

To combat inflation, he said he would be reducing the cost of energy and ending “waste, fraud, and abuse” of taxpayer dollars. 

He said his new Department of Government Efficiency has estimated annual fraud of more than $500 billion, shouting out DOGE head Elon Musk. 

He said those “who resist this change will be removed from office immediately, because we are draining the swamp. It’s very simple, and the days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over.” 

Dems Sit as Young Cancer Patient Honored

Trump honored 13-year-old cancer patient DJ Daniel whose dream is to become a police officer. 

The president made him a Secret Service agent, yet Democrats did not rise to clap. 

Trump described DJ as someone who “has always loved our police.” 

Trump highlighted efforts of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy to reduce childhood cancer rates.

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