Day: March 5, 2025
The American president dwelt at length on domestic issues, congratulating Elon Musk and reiterating his attacks on foreigners and transgender people. He said reciprocal tariffs would be implemented on April 2, during an address in which foreign policy was barely mentioned.
President Donald Trump vowed to keep up his campaign of “swift and unrelenting action” in reorienting the nation’s economy, immigration and foreign policy in an unyielding address before Congress that left Democratic legislators to register their dissent with stone faces, placards calling out “lies,” and one legislator’s ejection.
Boos, chants, and cheers emanated from the House Floor as President Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress, the first of his second term.
He sure said a lot. But he didn’t touch the upheaval that his presidency has wrought.