President Trump arrives to deal with a joint session of Congress on the U.S. Capitol.
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President Trump delivered an handle to a joint session of Congress Tuesday that drew Republican applause and silence and protest from Democrats as he outlined key actions taken throughout his first six weeks in workplace.
Within the speech — Trump’s first handle to Congress in his second time period — the president touted his 2024 election win earlier than ticking by a laundry checklist of actions he is taken since his inauguration, together with ending international support, banning trans athletes from collaborating in class sports activities and enacting sweeping cuts to the scale of the federal authorities by the “DOGE” initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk.
President Trump arrives to deal with a joint session of Congress on the Capitol.
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First Woman Melania Trump (heart) waves as she attends US President Donald Trump’s handle to a joint session of Congress within the Home Chamber of the Capitol.
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Trump opened by telling lawmakers that “America is again,” and closed by saying that “the Golden Age of America has solely simply begun.”
Partisan divisions have been on show as Republican lawmakers gave Trump frequent standing ovations, whereas Democrats sat stone confronted, held indicators and walked out of the chamber in protest. That mirrors divisions among the many U.S. inhabitants, which is break up on the route Trump’s modifications and controversial agenda are transferring the nation, in accordance with the newest NPR/PBS Information/Marist ballot.
Rep. Al Inexperienced, D-Texas, left, shouts as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on the Capitol.
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Consultant Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA) listens as US President Donald Trump speaks throughout an handle to a joint session of Congress.
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Texas Democratic Rep. Al Inexperienced was faraway from the Home chamber after heckling Trump early within the speech, standing and yelling that Trump didn’t have a mandate. Inexperienced first acquired a warning from Home Speaker Mike Johnson, and when he didn’t cease he was escorted out by what gave the impression to be Sergeant at Arms employees.
Different lawmakers protested extra quietly: Dozens of Democratic congresswomen wore pink to the speech as a part of a coordinated response. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, D-N.M., who chairs the Democratic Ladies’s Caucus, informed TIME Journal that the “sign our protest of Trump’s insurance policies that are negatively impacting girls and households.”
“Pink is a coloration of energy and protest,” Leger Fernández informed TIME. “It is time to rev up the opposition and are available at Trump loud and clear.”
Democratic members of Congress hear as President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on the Capitol.
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Consultant Maxwell Frost, Democrat from Florida, wears a shirt studying “No kings dwell right here” as he walks out of the Home Chamber whereas US President Donald Trump speaks throughout an handle to a joint session of Congress.
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A number of Democrats walked out of the speech, turning their again on Trump sporting shirts that learn “Resist” and “No kings dwell right here.” Others held up indicators studying “False,” “Defend Medicaid,” and “Musk Steals,” all through Trump’s remarks.
Republican lawmakers, who’ve coalesced behind Trump’s agenda in his second time period, have been constantly supportive of his speech, which leaned closely into themes about immigration and crime.
President Trump holds a signed govt order that renames a wildlife sanctuary in honor of late Jocelyn Nungaray throughout a joint session of Congress within the Home Chamber of the US Capitol.
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13-year-old most cancers survivor Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel is lifted up by his father Theodis Daniel after President Trump made him an honorary member of the US Secret Service throughout his handle to a joint session of Congress.
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Trump additionally acknowledged a few of the White Home’s visitors in attendance, together with the mom and sister of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing pupil who was killed final yr by a person who was within the nation illegally; and 13-year-old DJ Daniel, who was identified with mind most cancers in 2018 and has been sworn in as an honorary legislation enforcement officer. Throughout his speech, Trump requested his Secret Service Director to make Daniel an honorary secret service agent.
Border patrol agent Roberto Ortiz, from left, seems to be on as Lauren Phillips and Allyson Phillips, members of the family of the late Laken Riley, watch as President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress.
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President Trump arrives for a joint session of Congress within the Home Chamber of the Capitol.
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