President Trump detailed his MAGA agenda to both houses of Congress in a State of the Union Address, prompting standing ovations from his GOP supporters and icy glares from the Democrats as he checked off dozens of accomplishments in his first weeks in office and set a course for a new “Golden Age for America.”
The 47th President hit on the themes that propelled him back into the Oval Office and projected a sharp contrast between himself and his predecessor. He challenged legislators to pass tax cuts and eliminate levies on tips, overtime, and Social Security. He reiterated his plan to allow deductions on car loan interest as long as they are made in America, a key part of a strategy he hopes will jump-start the economy by bringing manufacturing back to the states. To give companies a break, he proposed 100% tax deductions on capital equipment purchases retroactive to the first of the year.
He called on other countries to strike better trade deals and stop the flow of deadly drugs over the borders, putting teeth into his appeals by threatening massive tariffs. Trump doubled down on his energy-boosting mantra of “Drill, baby, drill” and declared Woke and DEI programs “dead.”
At a few junctures during a record-setting 100-minute address that covered his declaration of a National Energy Emergency and pronouncement of criminal gangs and cartels as terrorist organizations, Trump broke some news, such as the arrest of the extremist responsible for the Abbey Gate bombing in Afghanistan and a letter he received from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stating he was ready to sign the mineral rights deal, a key component of the administration’s plan to end the war with Russia.
The President also announced the establishment of a White House Office of Shipbuilding to rejuvenate both commercial and military construction in the U.S. He said an American consortium is acquiring a majority stake in key ports at both ends of the Panama Canal, a $22.8 billion transaction. Along with his effort to bring Greenland under U.S. authority, control of the canal is part of Trump’s plan to militarily cover the nation's Atlantic flank. He reiterated his decision to withdraw from the “unfair” Paris Climate Accords, the “corrupt” World Health Organization, and the “anti-American” UN Human Rights Council. Declaring an end to the electric vehicle mandate and terminating the “ridiculous green new scam,” he boasted of ending “all of Biden's environmental restrictions that were making our country far less safe and totally unaffordable.”
Tipping his hat to tech billionaire Elon Musk, the leader of his new Department of Government Efficiency, Trump wheeled off a list of bizarre programs funded by billions of taxpayer dollars, including $45 million for diversity, equity and inclusion scholarships in Burma, $8 million to promote LGBTQI+ in the African nation of Lesotho, $8 million for mice transgender studies, $32 million for a left-wing propaganda operation in Moldova, $10 million for male circumcision in Mozambique, and $20 million for an Arab Sesame Street program in the Middle East, all announced by a President shaking his head in disbelief. He expressed the most astonishment over his predecessor shoveling $1.9 billion to a recently created decarbonization of homes committee headed by Stacey Abrams, the failed Democrat candidate for Georgia governor.
The President received waves of applause throughout the speech, particularly when he promised to cut 10 federal regulations for every new one and freeze all federal hiring and foreign aid. He pledged to back the police and firefighters and threatened to fire any federal worker not on board with his Make America Great Again agenda.
To drive home his points, Trump introduced guests such as the family of Laken Reilly, murdered by an illegal alien gang member. He announced that the 34,000-acre Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge in Texas overlooking his newly renamed “Gulf of America” was to be named in honor of Jocelyn Nungaray, another victim of an illegal immigrant assault.
He gave shout-outs to his cabinet members, including Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, and wished him luck in his effort to make America Healthy Again. He also singled out Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, noting, “In recent years, our justice system has been turned upside down by radical left lunatics. Many jurisdictions virtually ceased enforcing the law against dangerous, repeat offenders while weaponizing law enforcement against political opponents like me.”
The President heralded the First Lady’s support of the “Take it Down Act” to combat the non-consensual distribution of intimate images, including those created using artificial intelligence known as “deepfakes,” and the “Fostering the Future” program, Melania Trump’s “Be Best” initiative that secures educational opportunities and scholarships for children in the foster care community.
Trump went straight at the Democrats, who sat stoned-faced and didn’t budge during the dozens of standing ovations he received from the other side of the aisle. He called the Biden administration a “disaster” and cajoled Sen. Elizabeth Warren for wanting the Ukraine war to go on for another five years, deriding her as “Pocahontas” for her previous claims of having an American Indian heritage. He panned the former president for his “disastrous and incompetent” withdrawal from Afghanistan, calling it the most embarrassing moment in the history of the country by a “grossly incompetent” leadership.
“Every single day, we will stand up, and we will fight, fight, fight for the country our citizens believe in and for the country our people deserve,” Trump concluded to thunderous applause. “My fellow Americans, get ready for an incredible future because the Golden Age of America has only just begun. It will be like nothing that has ever been seen before.”