Trump Address To Congress

President Trump's First Address To Congress

... General Jeff Sessions, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Hide Caption. Photos: President Trump's first address to Congress. Trump smiles during his speech, which lasted over an hour. Hide Caption. Photos: President Trump's first address to Congress. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi listens to the speech. Hide Caption. Photos: President Trump's first address to Congress. The President waves before starting his speech. Hide Caption. Photos: President Trump's first address to Congress. Trump is applauded after arriving in the House chamber. Hide Caption. Photos: President Trump's first address to Congress. Trump shakes hands with Ryan before starting. Hide Caption. 14 of 22. Photos: President Trump's first address to Congress. Trump shakes hands on his way through the chamber. Facing the President here are Health ...

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... to the translator after they both made statements about North Korea at Mar-a-Lago on Feb. 11, 2017. Susan Walsh, AP. President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, accompanied by their wives, first lady Melania Trump and Akie Abe, wave before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on Feb. 10, 2017. Jose Luis Magana, AP. Trump walks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the White House on Feb. 10, 2017. Evan Vucci, AP. President Trump speaks to Democratic and Republican senators about Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch in the Roosevelt Room on Feb. 9, 2017. Pool, Getty Images. Trump arrives for a meeting with airline executives on Feb. 9, 2017. Evan Vucci, AP. President Trump leaves after speaking at the Major Cities Chiefs Association and Major County Sheriff's Association Winter Meeting in Washington on Feb. 8, 2017. Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich speaks during a meeting with Trump on Feb. 8, 2017, where Intel announced an investment of $7 billion to build a factory in Chandler, Ariz., to create advanced semi-conductor chips. Chris Kleponis, Pool/European ...

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... and expanded health savings accounts and should preserve Medicaid expansion in the states. Trump also vowed to bring down the high price of drugs "immediately.". 'Obamacare is collapsing'. "Obamacare is collapsing - and we must act decisively to protect all Americans," he said, "Action is not a choice - it is a necessity.". House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who was instrumental in passing the law, shook her head as Trump condemned it. The President also signaled action on another key piece of his agenda - tax reform, promising "massive" relief for the middle classes and cuts in corporate tax. Yet Trump also pushed for his $1 trillion infrastructure plan and spoke of his effort to boost military spending. Given that he has also said he will protect entitlements, questions will be asked about how the administration can finance its ...

President Trump Addresses Congress

... to write a new travel and immigration directive, which the president is expected to sign on Wednesday. Morale is also plummeting among some White House staffers following a string of leaks that have left aides questioning each other. On Sunday, Politico reported that White House press secretary Sean Spicer had sprung surprise "phone checks" for members of his communications team after details from a staff meeting were made public. In public, Trump has continued to speak about his presidency with his usual confident bluster, declaring that there's "never been a presidency that's done so much in such a short period of time." But he's privately vented frustrations to friends and associates, particularly about what he sees as the ineffectiveness of the White House's communications efforts and the scattershot nature of his first weeks in ...

Trump Addresses Congress, Taking Lighter Tone In Outlining Vision

... administration. "Ryan died as he lived: a warrior, and a hero - battling against terrorism and securing our nation," Trump said as the House floor erupted in a prolonged standing ovation. Owens, with tears streaming down her face, looked to the Heavens and joined in the applause. Trump still struck hardline notes. He overruled national security adviser H. R. Mc Master, according to a senior administration official, to warn of "radical Islamic terrorism." Striking themes familiar from his campaign, Trump vowed to restore "integrity and the rule of law to our borders.". "We will soon begin the construction of a great, great wall along our southern border," Trump said, drawing raucous Republican cheers even as he didn't mention his earlier promise that Mexico would pay for construction. While ...

Donald Trump's Address To Congress

... of Trump’s address centered on the domestic, economic-focused issues that were at the center of his presidential campaign. His national security message centered largely on a call for significantly boosting military spending and taking strong but unspecified measures to protect the nation from “radical Islamic terrorism.”. Underscoring the human cost of those efforts, Trump honored Chief Special Warrant Officer William “Ryan” Owens, who was killed in a raid in Yemen during his first days in office. Owens’ widow sat in the guest box with tears streaming down her face as the crowd stood and applauded at length. Owens’ death, as well as the killing of several civilians, have raised questions about the effectiveness of the raid. Owens’ father, Bill, has refused to meet with Trump, has called for an investigation into the raid’s planning and has criticized the administration for its timing. Pushing back against the criticism, the president said Defense ...

President Trump Addresses Joint Session Of Congress

... listening to what tone he takes Tuesday. Victims of anti-Semitic violence. Trump ran a campaign accused of playing to support from intolerant groups such as white nationalists and even Nazi sympathizers. He eventually condemned the support of such groups, but was criticized for his at times seeming reluctance to do so. It’s an issue that followed him into the White House. Recent anti-Semitic vandalism and bomb threats against Jewish schools and community centers have roiled communities around the United States. Asked about it during a news conference, Trump told a Jewish reporter to sit down when he asked about how Trump plans to combat anti-Semitism. Trump has since called on the violence to stop. “The anti-Semitic threats targeting our Jewish community and community centers are horrible and are painful and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil,” Trump said last week after touring the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Jewish groups, concerned that Trump has not been quick to disavow the attacks, will likely look for him to use his international platform to do ...

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... there is compromise on both sides," Trump said. But that language was missing from the text of his speech, which instead emphasized what Trump says are the economic benefits of strict immigration enforcement: "By finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions of dollars, and make our communities safer for everyone," he said. And he emphasized crimes committed by criminal immigrants, saying he had asked the Department of Homeland Security to set up a special office to help "victims of immigrant crime.". In recent years, congressional efforts to forge a new immigration regime have foundered partly because of objections to a path to legal status by many Republicans — and by many voters who supported Trump in last year's presidential election. The president's first speech to Congress also included the typical laundry list of policy proposals. Among the issues on Trump's list. ► Health care: "Mandating every American to ...

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... he will provide Congress with details of his ideas to overhaul the tax code, and businesses are also clamoring for any detail of whether he will gut loopholes as a way to offset reduced rates. But for now, Trump played it safe, sticking to his longtime call for lower tax rates but avoiding other key details. The tricky negotiating, something he has long prided himself on, will have to come at a later date. Trump says Congress must ‘save Americans from this imploding Obamacare disaster’. Though President Trump has called the dismantling of the Affordable Care Act his top domestic priority, his remarks about health care came deep into his address to Congress. Largely repeating what he has been saying since his election, the president spoke in broad terms about longtime staples of GOP thinking on how to shift the nation’s health-care system. Trump laid out what he called the principles that should guide Congress in working to “save Americans from this imploding Obamacare disaster.” He reiterated his position that people with preexisting medical problems should have access to insurance. He did not, however, mention an idea popular among Republicans to ...

Fact-checking President Trump’s Address To Congress

... data reveal nationwide trends. Rather, they show local increases in certain communities. Each community is facing different circumstances, and in many places violent crime continues to decrease.”. “Jamiel’s 17-year-old son was viciously murdered by an illegal immigrant gang member, who had just been released from prison. Jamiel Shaw Jr. was an incredible young man, with unlimited potential who was getting ready to go to college where he would have excelled as a great quarterback. But he never got the chance. His father, who is in the audience tonight, has become a good friend of mine.”. Trump likes to use anecdotes as evidence for associating violent crimes with illegal immigration, telling stories of victims of homicide by undocumented immigrants. He brought family members of those killed by illegal immigrants as his guest to tonight’s speech. He often talks about the death of Jamiel Shaw Jr., a 17-year-old football star who was killed in 2008 by a gang member who was in the country illegally. Clearly, stories like this exist. But the  vast majority  of unauthorized immigrants do not fit ...

Trump’s Address To Congress

... policies he said he would do.”. The pressure from Republican lawmakers makes this a critical moment for a new president who ran for office on a pledge to swiftly shake up Washington and follow through on the failed promises of career politicians. While most new presidents enjoy a honeymoon period, Trump is saddled with record low approval ratings — just 44 percent of Americans approve of his job performance, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey. His most sweeping executive order was blocked by federal courts, sending advisers scrambling to write a new travel and immigration directive, which the president is expected to sign on Wednesday. Morale is also plummeting among some White House staffers following a string of leaks that have left aides questioning each other. On Sunday, Politico reported that White House press secretary Sean Spicer had sprung surprise “phone checks” for members of his communications team after details from a staff meeting were made public. Trump said in the interview Tuesday that he “would have handled it differently than Sean. ...