*** major shift in foreign policy expected to be *** focus of this speech tonight, particularly after President Donald Trump paused US aid to Ukraine to defend against Russia's invasion. This as the administration seeks to pressure Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate *** peace deal after that tense clash in the Oval Office on Friday. He thinks the war's going to go on for *** long time. Uh, and he better not be right about that. And if somebody doesn't want to make *** deal, I think that person won't be around very long. That person will not be listened to very long because I believe that Russia wants to make *** deal. I believe certainly the people of Ukraine want to make *** deal. In his joint address to Congress tonight, President Trump is also likely to talk about *** shakeup in trade policy as steep tariffs take effect today against Canada, Mexico, and China. The speech also comes as his domestic agenda faces dozens of lawsuits. The president testing the limits of executive power, often bypassing Congress as the administration seeks to dismantle agencies and dismiss thousands of federal workers. Democrats inviting some of those fired workers to sit in the audience tonight. I want Donald Trump and Elon. Ask our co-presidents to look straight at some of the people that they have laid off. This is not about cutting waste, fraud and abuse. This is about just coming through with *** chainsaw and getting *** big photo op and hurting not just *** lot of individual families but ultimately hurting the future of our country. But Republicans say that this is about saving taxpayers' money, and President Trump will need the assistance of lawmakers in order to fully accomplish that goal. He's expected to make the case in tonight's speech for both extending and building upon the tax cuts that Congress passed during his first term, as well as more resources for his mass deportation campaign. Reporting on Washington, I'm Jackie DiFusco.
Why Trump's joint remarks to Congress won't be a 'State of the Union' address
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Updated: 8:24 AM EST Mar 4, 2025
President Donald Trump on Tuesday night will stand at the front of the U.S. House chamber to address a joint session of Congress, the first of his second term in office.It looks like the State of the Union, and will be carried on live television, just like those annual addresses are. But it's called something else: a joint address to Congress. And it has its origins in the first term of President Ronald Reagan.The U.S. Constitution requires that the president updates Congress and recommends policies, although the founding document doesn't specify precisely when that address should take place.Usually, presidents will deliver those remarks in January or February, reflecting on events of the previous year and outlining their policy priorities for the coming one. The message used to be known as 바카라 게임 웹사이트the President바카라 게임 웹사이트s Annual Message to Congress.바카라 게임 웹사이트 In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt began referring to it as the 바카라 게임 웹사이트Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union."Shortly after he was sworn in for his first term in 1981, Reagan addressed a joint session of Congress, remarks that were called 바카라 게임 웹사이트Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Program for Economic Recovery," according to The American Presidency Project, at the University of California at Santa Barbara.Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton followed suit in their own first years in office, with 1989 and 1993 messages both entitled 바카라 게임 웹사이트Administration Goals.바카라 게임 웹사이트 In 2001, President George W. Bush's speech was his 바카라 게임 웹사이트Budget Message."According to the American Presidency Project, the impacts of these first-year speeches should be considered to have the same heft as the State of the Union addresses that follow in subsequent years. And, just like the State of the Union address, the opposing party to the one that occupies the White House gives a brief speech in response, which, like the president's remarks, is televised. This year's will be delivered by Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday night will stand at the front of the U.S. House chamber to address a joint session of Congress, the first of his second term in office.
It looks like the State of the Union, and will be carried on live television, just like those annual addresses are. But it's called something else: a joint address to Congress. And it has its origins in the first term of President Ronald Reagan.
The U.S. Constitution requires that the president updates Congress and recommends policies, although the founding document doesn't specify precisely when that address should take place.
Usually, presidents will deliver those remarks in January or February, reflecting on events of the previous year and outlining their policy priorities for the coming one. The message used to be known as 바카라 게임 웹사이트the President바카라 게임 웹사이트s Annual Message to Congress.바카라 게임 웹사이트 In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt began referring to it as the 바카라 게임 웹사이트Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union."
Shortly after he was sworn in for his first term in 1981, Reagan addressed a joint session of Congress, remarks that were called 바카라 게임 웹사이트Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Program for Economic Recovery," according to The American Presidency Project, at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton followed suit in their own first years in office, with 1989 and 1993 messages both entitled 바카라 게임 웹사이트Administration Goals.바카라 게임 웹사이트 In 2001, President George W. Bush's speech was his 바카라 게임 웹사이트Budget Message."
According to the American Presidency Project, the impacts of these first-year speeches should be considered to have the same heft as the State of the Union addresses that follow in subsequent years. And, just like the State of the Union address, the opposing party to the one that occupies the White House gives a brief speech in response, which, like the president's remarks, is televised. This year's will be delivered by Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan.
