President Trump Touts Accomplishments In Powerful Address: ‘America’s Momentum Is Back’

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump delivered an uplifting and positive joint address on Tuesday night, one that will be remembered for its emotional moments highlighting Americans present at the address.

The president’s speech ran almost two hours long, setting a record for the longest presidential address to Congress in history. Trump wove in personal stories about Americans throughout a discourse on his administration’s accomplishments thus far, and made promises for the future.

“Six weeks ago, I stood beneath the dome of this Capitol and proclaimed the dawn of the Golden Age of America,” Trump said as he opened his remarks. “From that moment on, it has been nothing but swift and unrelenting action to usher in the greatest and most successful era in the history of our country. We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplish in four years or eight years — and we are just getting started.”

“I return to this chamber tonight to report that America’s momentum is back,” he continued. “Our spirit is back. Our pride is back. Our confidence is back. And the American Dream is surging—bigger and better than ever before. 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.”

Democrats repeatedly attempted to disrupt the address, until House Speaker Mike Johnson called the room to order, ultimately directing the House Sergeant At Arms to remove Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas from the chamber for interrupting Trump’s speech.

The president’s speech touched on all of his major campaign promises, touting many of the items he has already taken action on thus far. He highlighted January Littlejohn, a mother who rescued her daughter from gender ideology. He mentioned the family of Laken Riley, a girl brutally killed by an illegal immigrant. He honored Corey Comperatore, the father and firefighter who was shot and killed by the man who attempted to assassinate Trump at a Butler, Pennsylvania rally over the summer.

Trump also surprised multiple people present at the joint address with good news: in an emotional moment, he told 13-year-old brain cancer survivor DJ Daniels that he could become a member of the Secret Service. The little boy’s eyes widened in surprise when he heard the news, and he threw his arms around the beaming Secret Service director for a long hug.

In another emotional moment, the president broke the news to a young boy, Jason Hartley, who lost his police officer father at a young age, that he had been admitted into West Point, his dream school.

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Trump also pointed to polls showing that Americans are feeling more positive about where the country is headed.

“Now, for the first time in modern history, more Americans believe that our country is headed in the RIGHT direction than the WRONG direction — an astonishing record 27-point swing since Election Day alone,” Trump said.

“Likewise, small business optimism saw its single largest one-month gain ever recorded—a 41-point jump. 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 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 also spoke about reciprocal tariffs, noting that “Whatever they tariff us, we tariff them. Whatever they tax us, we tax them.”

On immigration, he argued that his administration “has launched the most sweeping border and immigration crackdown in American history — and we quickly achieved the lowest numbers of illegal border crossers ever recorded.”

“The media and our friends in the Democrat Party kept saying we needed new legislation to secure the border—but it turned out that all we really needed was a new president,” Trump added.

On Ukraine, Trump said he has worked “tirelessly” to end the “savage conflict”  in which “millions of Ukrainians and Russians have been needlessly killed or wounded” with no end in sight.

“The United States has sent hundreds of billions of dollars to support Ukraine’s defense,” the president said, eliciting one of the only moments of applause from Democrats in the crowd, who remained seated for even the positive stories of guests in the crowd. “Meanwhile, Europe has sadly spent more money buying Russian oil and gas than they have spent on defending Ukraine – by far! And Biden has authorized more money in this fight than Europe has spent.”

The immediate reaction to Trump’s speech was overwhelmingly positive. “I have not clapped that much, in total in my entire life, as I did in the room,” said Daily Wire host Matt Walsh, who was in the room for the address as a guest of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.